Junteenth: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln – June 13, 2009

2009 Projects, Juneteenth, Junteenth2009, Roy Harris Bicentennial Sypmphony

Roy Harris 14th Symphony, also known as the “Bicentennial Symphony” premiered in Washington D.C., February 10-12, 1976 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is the strongest musical statement on U.S. History, slavery, and race relations ever made by an American composer. The west coast premiere and first…