Evelyn Simpson  Curenton

CAAPA

PostClassical Ensemble

Beyond The Godfather: The Concert Music of Nino Rota

Kennedy Center

Amazing Grace is perhaps one of the most beloved folk hymns, uplifting people around the world for centuries. Join PCE as we ring in the new year with Amazing Grace: Music for the Spirit, the first of what will be a seasonal family-concert tradition. Hear versions of Amazing Grace woven throughout the program along with African-American spirituals, works by William Grant Still, J. S. Bach, Evelyn Simpson Curenton, and one of the most celebrated American composers alive today, Adolphus Hailstork. Audiences will leave this stirring program for chorale and orchestra reminded why music is known as the universal expression of the human spirit, ending with a joyous sing-along not to be missed.

PostClassical Ensemble will be joined by guest soloists tenor Wayne Jennings and soprano Angeli Ferrette, bass Justin Harrison, the CAAPA Chorale, with Guest Curation by Stanley J Thurston (The Heritage Signature Chorale, Washington National Cathedral).

Adolphus Hailstork, one of the most celebrated American composers, will also join us on stage to receive PCE’s American Roots Artist Award.