Roland Wallace

Composer Joel Thompson's work exposes the painful realities of life in the United States for men and women of color. His powerful multi-movement choral work a?oeSeven Last Words of the Unarmeda?? is a timely, visceral and moving piece that speaks to racial inequities and violence against people of color. The work features the words of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Kenneth Chamberlain, Amadou Diallo, and John Crawford. These seven African-American men were each killed by police or other authority figures.

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