Open the YouTube playlist below to see seven performances from the 150th Anniversary 13th Amendment US Constitution-Abolition of Slavery CONCERT, held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. on November 21, 2023.
The 150th Anniversary 13th Amendment US Constitution-Abolition of Slavery CONCERT is FOR the People, BY the People, and OF the People.
150th Anniversary 13th Amendment US Constitution-Abolition of Slavery CONCERT event flyer(click to download)
PROGRAM
- Leona Lowery Fitsburg, Lift Every Voice & Sing by Washington’s Women Chorale – Leona Lowery Fitzburg piano
- Howard University History Department Dr. Edna Greene Medford with a history of the 13th Amendment
- Bass-Baritone Kevin Deas and pianist Victor Simonson to perform the aria I Made Me A Man from Rise for Freedom: The John P Parker Story
- Bass- Baritone Kevin Deas with pianist Victor Simonson perform No Man’s Possession from Ulysses Kay opera Jubilee
- Soprano Makeda Hampton and pianist Victor Simonson to perform ‘Tis Sunset in the Garden from William Grant Still opera Troubled Island followed by the spiritual This Little Light of Mine arranged by Jacqueline Hairston
- Soprano Liana Valente with pianist Karen Walwyn to perform God Bless America and “Let there be peace on Earth, and Let it Begin with Me“.
