Performances + Events
Coretta Scott King Tribute: One Soul, One Dream
Jordan Hall
Free - Ticket Required
In-Person Event
Open to the Public
Streaming
Join us for a tribute, co-curated by NEC’s Black Student Union and Castle of our Skins, to the late activist and NEC alumna Coretta Scott King ’54, ’71 hon. DM.
NEC alumna Ashleigh Gordon ’08 MM, who, in 2013, with NEC alumnus Anthony Green ’08 MM, founded Castle of our Skins, a Boston-based organization “dedicated to fostering cultural curiosity and celebrating Black artistry through music,” said the March 8 program will “use (King’s) words and give her voice airtime.”
The concert, titled “One Soul. One Dream,” a nod to King’s own words, will remember King “as we know her in association to her family, fellow activists, and global community,” Gordon said.
This thoughtful program will feature Adolphus Hailstork’s Morning Song and I’ve Seen the Day, William Grant Still’s “Lyric” Quartet, Solomon Kehinde Oretimehin’s Magbagbemi, Carlos Simon’s Hold Fast to Dreams, Maxwell Fairman’s Duo for Flute and Clarinet, Shileta Peregrino Cezario’s All That I Am, Fred Onovwerosuoke’s arrangement of the Nigerian folk song Otu b’oma, Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Music for Black People, and more — including narration throughout and trumpet interludes.
Be part of celebrating one of our nation’s most important voices.
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
NEC alumna Ashleigh Gordon ’08 MM, who, in 2013, with NEC alumnus Anthony Green ’08 MM, founded Castle of our Skins, a Boston-based organization “dedicated to fostering cultural curiosity and celebrating Black artistry through music,” said the March 8 program will “use (King’s) words and give her voice airtime.”
The concert, titled “One Soul. One Dream,” a nod to King’s own words, will remember King “as we know her in association to her family, fellow activists, and global community,” Gordon said.
This thoughtful program will feature Adolphus Hailstork’s Morning Song and I’ve Seen the Day, William Grant Still’s “Lyric” Quartet, Solomon Kehinde Oretimehin’s Magbagbemi, Carlos Simon’s Hold Fast to Dreams, Maxwell Fairman’s Duo for Flute and Clarinet, Shileta Peregrino Cezario’s All That I Am, Fred Onovwerosuoke’s arrangement of the Nigerian folk song Otu b’oma, Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Music for Black People, and more — including narration throughout and trumpet interludes.
Be part of celebrating one of our nation’s most important voices.
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
