90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality. It was a system in which men, often guilty of no crime at all, were arrested, compelled to work without pay, repeatedly bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of masters. Tolerated by both the North and South, forced labor lasted well into the 20th century.

For most Americans this is entirely new history. Slavery by Another Name gives voice to the largely forgotten victims and perpetrators of forced labor and features their descendants living today.

NAACP-Long Beach

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
6:00PM
Long Beach Public Library
Main Library Auditorium
101 Pacific Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90822
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September 22, 2012, AT&T Center Theatre/Auditorium, Los Angeles

Soprano Latonia Moore

Latonia Moore made an 11^th hour surprise debut at The Metropolitan Opera March 3, 2012 as Aida. Her performance was broadcast live on radio and thunderously received by the public and the media. The New York Times wrote: “she received an ecstatic ovation…her voice was radiant, plush and sizable at its best, with gleaming top notes that broke through the chorus and orchestra during the crowd scenes…Moore has enormous potential”

Recent career highlights have included Aida and Liù (Turandot) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Aida, Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) and Amelia (Simon Boccanegra) for the Hamburg State Opera; Liù, Cio Cio San and Mimi (La bohème) at Dresden’s Semperoper; Micaëla (Carmen) for the New York City Opera; Micaëla, Liù, Elvira (Ernani) and Lucrezia (I due Foscari) in Bilbao and Vivetta (L’Arlesiana) and Fidelia (Edgar) in Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York.

Ms Moore’s many awards include the Maria Callas Award as debut artist of the season at the Dallas Opera where she will triumphantly return October 26, 2012 as Aida.

Baritone Donnie Ray Albert

Upon graduating with Master of Music Degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, Mr. Albert began his operatic and concert career in the summer of 1975 with Houston Grand Opera as Parson Alltalk in TREEMONISHA. Mr. Albert would subsequently go on to perform in ten HGO productions including the award winning tours of PORGY AND BESS and SHOWBOAT.

In 1988, the switch to Baritone from Bass-Baritone repertoire proved to be a welcome fit which led to engagements by most of the major opera companies and orchestras in North America and Europe. Highlights include TOSCA (Scarpia) in Portland, New York City Opera, Atlanta & Giessen; AIDA (Amonasro) in Washington, DC, Köln, Boston, Montreal, and Stade de France; NABACCO in Vancouver, Florentine Opera, La Scala; RIGOLETTO in Miami, New York City, Arizona, Mannheim, and Vancouver; OTELLO (Jago) in Sacramento, Kentucky Opera, Hamburg; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Renato) in Utah, Chicago Lyric and Los Angeles; THE FLYING DUTCHMAN in Austin, Köln, Arizona; MACBETH in Columbus, Ohio & Köln; LA TRAVIATA (Germont) Metropolitan Opera in the Parks; DIE WALKÜE (Wotan) in Austin and Tokyo, Japan; SIEGFRIED (Wanderer) in Tokyo, Japan; TALES OF HOFFMANN (Villains) Houston, Köln, Prague National Theater, and Covent Garden.

Orchestral engagements have been in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Jerusalem, London, Cleveland, Toronto, and New York. Mr. Albert has collaborated with notable conductors, John DeMain, James Conlon, Paavo Järvi, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Alexander Joel, John Fiore and Karel Mark Chichon.

Mr. Albert can be heard on RCA’s PORGY AND BESS (Grammy 1977 – Best Opera Recording and the Grand Prix du Disc); THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY( 2 Grammys: 2008 Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Album) conducted by James Conlon; EMI’s EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGÖDIE, also conducted by James Conlon. Mr. Albert’s discography can be found on CD Baby and Amazon.com.
Visit Donnie Ray Albert’s website.

Tenor George Shirley

George Shirley is in demand nationally and internationally as performer, teacher and lecturer. He has won international acclaim for his performances in the world’s great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Royal Opera (Covent Garden, London), Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Téatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Netherlands Opera (Amsterdam), L’Opéra de Monte Carlo, New York City Opera, Scottish Opera (Glasgow), Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera (Kennedy Center), Michigan Opera Theater, Glyndebourne Festival, and Santa Fe Opera.

He has recorded for RCA, Columbia, Decca, Angel, Vanguard, CRI, and Philips and received a Grammy Award in 1968 for his role (Ferrando) in the RCA recording of Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

In addition to oratorio and concert literature, Mr. Shirley has, in a career that spans 49 years, performed more than 80 operatic roles in major opera houses around the globe with many of the world’s most renowned conductors (Solti, Klemperer, Stravinsky, Ormandy, von Karajan, Colin Davis, Boehm, Ozawa, Haitink, Boult, Leinsdorf, Boulez, DePriest, Krips, Cleva, Dorati, Pritchard, Bernstein, Maazel and others).

Professor Shirley was the first African-American to be appointed to a high school teaching post in music in Detroit, the first African-American member of the United States Army Chorus in Washington, D.C., and the first African-American tenor and second African-American male to sing leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera, where he remained for eleven years.

Mr. Shirley has served on three occasions as a master teacher in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program for Young NATS Teachers. He was also a member of the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School for ten years.

Violinist Sanford Allen

Violinist Sanford Allen was appointed Director of the Clarion Concerts in Columbia County’s Leaf Peeper Series after the death of its founder Newell Jenkins. Mr. Allen started his study of the violin at the age of seven and entered the Juilliard School of Music at age ten, continuing at the Mannes College of Music under Mme. Vera Fonaroff. In 1962 he became the first black musician ever to become a regular member of the New York Philharmonic.

Regarding his recording of Cordero’s violin concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Strad magazine said: “Its virtuoso challenges are thrillingly met by Sanford Allen ­ a fabulous player who was, incidentally, the first African-American to gain a regular place with the New York Philharmonic in 1962. Despite the challenging nature of the writing, the listener’s attention is held effortlessly throughout due largely to the extraordinary commitment and finesse of Allen’s playing. Indeed the intensity generated by this impassioned performance is nothing short of overwhelming. Well worth seeking out”.

His solo appearances with orchestra have included the Quebec, Baltimore, Detroit Symphonies and the New York Philharmonic. He served on the advisory panel of the New York State Arts Council and was also a member of the Executive Board of the Kennedy Center National Black Music Colloquium and Competition. In 1998, Mr. Allen gave a premiere performance of Sir Roland Hanna’s Sonata for Violin and Piano at the Kennedy Center in Washington, joined by the composer.

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama

Recently featured as a “Face to Watch” in the Los Angeles Times, Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician garner great attention. Gramophone proclaimed Ms.Ngwenyama’s playing as providing “solidly shaped music of bold, mesmerizing character,” and the Washington Post described her as playing “with dazzling technique in the virtuoso fast movements and deep expressiveness in the slow movements.”

Ms. Ngwenyama has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including performances with the Atlanta, Baltimore and Indianapolis Symphonies, The Los Angeles Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra.

No stranger to television and radio appearances, a vivid portrait of Ms Ngwenyama was televised nationally on CBS Sunday Morning with cultural correspondent Eugenia Zukerman. She was also featured in the Emmy Award-nominated PBS program Sound of Strings in the Musical Encounter Series, hosted by cellist Lynn Harrell.
Visit Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s website.

• Learn more about all of the scheduled performers
• View the Emancipation Proclamation document

Scheduled performers for this historic concert include:
Tenor George Shirley
Baritone Donnie Ray Albert
Soprano Latonia Moore
Violinist Sanford Allen
Violaist Nokuthula Ngwenyama
Pianist Althea Waites
Composer-Pianist Richard Thompson
Soprano  Jammieca Mott
Pianist Lukas Swidzinski

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• Learn more about the featured artists
• View the Emancipation Proclamation document

Meet the 150th Anniversary EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Concert Artists

	Tenor George Shirley George Shirley is in demand nationally and internationally as performer, teacher and lecturer. He has won international acclaim for his performances in the world’s great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Royal Opera (Covent Garden, London), Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Téatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Netherlands Opera (Amsterdam), L’Opéra de Monte Carlo, New York City Opera, Scottish Opera (Glasgow), Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera (Kennedy Center), Michigan Opera Theater, Glyndebourne Festival, and Santa Fe Opera. Read more…
	Baritone Donnie Ray Albert Upon graduating with Master of Music Degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, Mr. Albert began his operatic and concert career in the summer of 1975 with Houston Grand Opera as Parson Alltalk in TREEMONISHA. Mr. Albert would subsequently go on to perform in ten HGO productions including the award winning tours of PORGY AND BESS and SHOWBOAT. Read more…
	Soprano Latonia Moore Latonia Moore made an 11thhour surprise debut at The Metropolitan Opera March 3, 2012 as Aida. Her performance was broadcast live on radio and thunderously received by the public and the media. The New York Times wrote: “she received an ecstatic ovation…her voice was radiant, plush and sizable at its best, with gleaming top notes that broke through the chorus and orchestra during the crowd scenes…Moore has enormous potential” Read more…
	Violinist Sanford Allen Sanford Allen was appointed Director of the Clarion Concerts in Columbia County’s Leaf Peeper Series after the death of its founder Newell Jenkins. Mr. Allen started his study of the violin at the age of seven and entered the Juilliard School of Music at age ten, continuing at the Mannes College of Music under Mme. Vera Fonaroff. In 1962 he became the first black musician ever to become a regular member of the New York Philharmonic. Read more…
	Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama Recently featured as a “Face to Watch” in the Los Angeles Times. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician garner great attention. Gramophone proclaimed Ms. Ngwenyama’s playing as providing “solidly shaped music of bold, mesmerizing character,” and the Washington Post described her as playing “with dazzling technique in the virtuoso fast movements and deep expressiveness in the slow movements.” Read more…
	Pianist Althea Waites Althea Waites has been acclaimed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a brilliant soloist, chamber musician and collaborative artist. In addition to performing on many of the world’s prestigious concert stages, she has also appeared in recital at major festivals such as Aspen, Tanglewood, the Yale Summer Festival and the Idyllwild Arts Festival. Praised by the Los Angeles Times for “profound musicality and superb technique”, Ms. Waites has a distinguished history of performing new music by American composers and has received several honors and commendations for her work. Visit website
	Composer-Pianist Richard Thompson Richard Thompson is a performer and composer whose work resists a single stylistic category. His compositions combine European and African-American styles, so that the formal structures of European classical music develop ideas, which are essentially jazz in nature. Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, Mr. Thompson made his debut at the Purcell Room, in the Royal Festival Hall in London. He has appeared in live broadcasts for B.B.C. Jazz and Classical Radio, Italian National Television and Radio and also given concerts at La Piccola Scala in Milan, among many others. Visit website
	Soprano Jammieca Mott Jammieca Denise Mott, soprano, is a graduate of Jackson State University, Southern Methodist University and received her D.M.A. from The University of North Texas.  She has performed the roles of the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Rosina in Ghosts of Versailles, Alceste in Alceste and Sandman in Hansel and Gretel. Visit website
	Pianist Lukas Swidzinski Lukas Swidzinski, has been on faculty of Classical Voice Conservatory at the Santa Ana High School for the Arts since the Fall of 2009. Since spring 2011 he has begun an association with the Opera Institute at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach. He is an active freelance musician, performing throughout the greater Los Angeles area and has worked with numerous organizations including the Center Stage Opera, Pasadena Alternative Opera Theater and Blackbird Music Project. Previously, he has worked at the University of California Irvine and Redlands University.

MusicUNTOLD and KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM (http://www.kusc.org/) present 150th Anniversary EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Concert on September 22, 2012 at the AT&T Center Theatre/Auditorium (downtown Los Angeles). This is OPEN CALL for classical and opera performing artists. Performing artists preselected include:

Please submit proposal to John Malveaux, johnmalveaux@yahoo.com, or

Deadline for submission is April 30, 2012.

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? In Hell and Back Again two overlapping narratives are intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the front, and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home — creating both a dreamlike quality and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
6:00PM
Long Beach Public Library
Main Library Auditorium
101 Pacific Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90822
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April 1, 2012 MusicUNTOLD hosted a trip to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts for theAmerican Ballet Theatre Premiere of “Firebird”, featuring soloist, Misty Copeland, in the title role. After the performance Misty spoke with the MusicUNTOLD group then posed for photos and autographs.

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The Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD will provide transportation and admission to American Ballet Theatre choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s April 1, 2012 matinee world premiere of “The FIREBIRD” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Misty Copeland will dance the FIREBIRD role and meet with the group following the performance.

Bus transportation is FREE. Group discount admission is $25 in advance. Deadline extended to March 23rd.
FREE bus transportation provided courtesy of Supervisor Don Knabe County of Los Angeles Fourth District.
Bus will depart from Target-Signal Hill, 950 E. 33 St., Signal Hill, Ca. 90755 parking lot nearest Atlantic and 33rd St. at 12:45PM. Lunches will be permitted on bus.

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February 4, 2012 – Althea Waites Piano Recital

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MusicUNTOLD presents Althea Waites. Pianist Althea Waites has been acclaimed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a brilliant soloist, chamber musician and collaborative artist.

Praised by the Los Angeles Times for “profound musicality and superb technique”, Ms.Waites has a distinguished history of performing new music by American composers and has received several honors and commendations for her work. She has also been a guest soloist for National Public Radio’s Performance Today , KQED in San Francisco, KCET in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

Her recording credits include the landmark CD, “Black Diamonds”, a collection of music by African-American composers which was released by Cambria Records in 1993 and” Along The Western Shore”, featuring music of Elinor Remick Warren, Richard Saylor, Lloyd Rodgers and William Grant Still.

Learn more at altheawaites.com

Click here to read an interview with Althea Waites at Africlassical.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012
1:00PM
Long Beach Public Library
Main Library Auditorium
101 Pacific Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90822
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