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The visionary eye of Choreographer Alonzo King creates such complex choreographic movement from his gifted ensemble of twelve contemporary ballet dancers, that you will miss a tantalizing moment if you avert your eyes for even a nano-second. Billed as the Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Deep River ---the audience at the Kennedy Center was treated not only to the choreographic ebb and flow of the Deep River contemporary ballet work but was also treated to no less than twelve other contemporary ballet dance works that preceded this primary work (except for one achingly languorous, reflective, and sensual work entitled Epilogue Pas which was a stunning pas de deux that was the final work of the evening –danced beautifully by Adji Cissoko and Shuaib (Elhassan).

Catch the Seaglass Theater Company's presentation of NOT AFRAID TO DARE, a concert featuring Black composers' contributions to classical music. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Join Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra for the 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Tribute Concert. A partnership with Girard College and Global Citizen’s Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service.

The world-renowned Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC), the Yale Glee Club and special guest baritone Lester Lynch will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting a triple bill performance at Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4 pm.

A veritable cornucopia of African American talent from multiple generations. One could hardly imagine a more comprehensive collection. Not to be missed.

Spring has sprung, and The Green-Wood Cemetery kicks off another exciting year of programming—from engaging history tours to hands-on environmental activations and the much-loved Concerts in the Catacombs. Much more than a cemetery, Green-Wood is transforming its sprawling green space into a distinctive setting for a wide-range of fascinating, one-of-a-kind events, concerts, tours, and so much more!

Acclaimed Tenor Lawrence Brownlee treated his audience, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with an afternoon of engaging, sensitive vocal interpretations of some of the world’s most talented African American composers.  This invigorating program, entitled Rising, increased in vocal nuance, and beautifully intonated clarity as it ran the gamut of spiritual, romantic, jazzy, contemplative, and socially conscious original compositions by this illustrious and very talented roster of creative composers.

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee returns to Princeton University Concerts (“PUC”) to premiere an exciting new program entitled “Rising” on Wednesday March 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, unveiled Justice Reflected, a series of three mosaic panels created by critically acclaimed artist and muralist James Yaya Hough.

​​​​​​​ Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)—one of North America's premier summer training programs for young musicians—announces full summer 2022 public performance details, as well visiting artists and faculty, and special events.

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses. 

NYU’s 181 Mercer Street building, opening spring 2023, will become home to a permanent and evolving memorial to the African Grove Theatre, the first Black theater in the country that made history on the corner of Mercer and Bleecker Streets in 1821.

Green-Wood’s annual Memorial Day concert will make a triumphant return following a two-year hiatus. On Monday, May 30th from 2:30–4:30pm, the community is welcomed to enjoy a concert beside the Cemetery’s iconic Gothic Arch near the Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue. Visitors are encouraged to bring friends and family, pack a blanket and picnic lunch, or purchase sandwiches on site from nearby Baked in Brooklyn, all while enjoying a classical symphonic repertoire.

Green-Wood’s annual Memorial Day concert will make a triumphant return following a two-year hiatus. On Monday, May 30th from 2:30–4:30pm, the community is welcomed to enjoy a concert beside the Cemetery’s iconic Gothic Arch near the Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Public media producer GBH presents Greenwood Overcomes, a special two-hour radio broadcast of the Tulsa Opera's 2021 concert commemorating the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses, which was cut short during a radio broadcast in 1937.

Free Tickets for The Cleveland Orchestra's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Spring is just around the corner and Green-Wood has planned a plethora of programs—from Concerts in the Catacombs to fascinating history tours—throughout the season. Much more than a cemetery, Green-Wood is constantly transforming the urban green space to serve as a unique venue for a wide-range of fascinating programs.

Broadway leading man and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis played a brilliant concert at Carnegie Hall and Broadway World was there, in the person of a guest reporter named Andrew Poretz.

This Spring, Ragazzi Boys Chorus will present Cantate!, a jubilant concert celebrating the joy of singing. Featuring singers from Ragazzi's Young Men's Ensemble, Concert Group, and Choral Scholars, this concert will include upbeat anthems of rejoicing and contemplative melodies of perseverance.