As we near America’s 250th birthday, we invite you to rediscover some of the nation’s most revered and revolutionary composers from all backgrounds, past and present, from Duke Ellington to Richard Rodgers, from Quinn Mason to John Phillip Sousa.

In conjunction with this performance, enjoy an exhibit of Black American art from the collection of the Binghamton University Art Gallery in the Forum Theatre’s Recital Hall.

PROGRAM
John Stafford Smith: National Anthem
Quinn Mason: Inspiration! Festive Overture
Duke Ellington: Light from Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington, arr. Terence Blanchard: Martin Luther King from Three Black Kings
Adolphus Hailstork: Three Spirituals
Florence Price, arr. William Grant Still: Dances in the Canebrakes
Richard Rodgers: South Pacific: A Symphonic Scenario
Arr. Calvin Custer: Salute to the Big Apple
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever