The west coast premiere and first performance of the “Bicentennial Symphony” since the 1976 premiere will be held June 13, 2009 as centerpiece of ‘Junteenth: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln‘.
On October 25, the LBCAA sponsored and John Malveaux organized a theatrical fundraiser, MULATTO Series, at the Found Theatre as a fundraiser for the Long Beach Public Library. ONE WOMAN; TWO RACES, JULIETTE FAIRLEY’S ONE WOMAN SHOW, “Mulatto Series”, is two shows in one performance. “Mulatto’s Dilemma” chronicles the adventures of a bi-racial woman living…
On October 18, 2009, John Malveaux organized the entertainment and coordinated publicity for Union Bank Renaissance Branch Fifth Year Celebration sponsored by 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews, LBCAA, Leadership Long Beach, Connected Corridor, Knight Foundation, Long Beach Community Foundation and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. The multicultural celebration included Cambodian traditional folk music, Mariachi…
Congresswoman Laura Richardson of California presented a Statement in Support of Juneteenth into the Congressional Record. June 19, 2009 Congresswoman Laura Richardson of California Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize June 19, 2009, or “Juneteenth,” the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States….. …Madam Speaker, I would also…
The first annual Long Beach Latin American Parade & Festival was held September 12, 2009. John organized the only African American performance of the Celebration. Steve Leary, El Presidente, was “ born and raised in Panama as the child of an American serviceman, who returned to the U.S. when Leary was sixteen, and a Panamanian…
In June 2008, with the help of a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach, John produced “Music Without Borders” concert at the Long Beach Museum of Latin American Art. The free concert featured chamber and vocal music of Carlos Chavez and William Grant Still performed by the Original Angeles Players(string quartet), Amber Mercomes…
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…