Coro Allegro and the Heritage Chorale of New Haven revisit William Grant Still’s "And They Lynched Him on a Tree", 20 years after they first performed it. Join us for America/We Need to Talk, Sunday, March 24 at 3pm at Sanders Theatre, a concert dedicated to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
Award-winning composer Fred Onovwerosuoke was born in Ghana to Nigerian parents and grew up in both countries before settling in the United States. Onovwerosuoke has a diverse compositional output including orchestra suites, choral works, piano and chamber music. His compositions have been featured in audio recordings, films, documentaries and radio, including Robert De Niro's film, The Good Shepherd. Fred Onovwerosuoke’s new work, A Triptych of American Voices: A Cantata of the People, was commissioned for Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, Artistic Director David Hodgkins and pianist Darryl Hollister by chorus member Willis Emmons and his husband Zach Durant-Emmons. Don't miss the world premiere, Sunday, March 24, at 3pm, as Coro Allegro presents America/We Need to Talk, at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre.