February 4, 2025 | 7:15 pm
Pre-Concert Lecture: Concert Band
Free - no tickets required
This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm Concert Band performance.
Performances & Events
February 4, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Hill AuditoriumFree - no tickets required
Join the University of Michigan Concert Band for a concert that celebrates Black History Month. With compositions by Black composers, this concert celebrates faith, truth to power, resistance, and freedom. Featuring works by Carlos Simon, Henry Dorn, Ben Horn, Nkeiru Okoye, and Omar Thomas, this concert is not to be missed.
Courtney Snyder, conductor
Christiana Blahnik and DaJuan Brooks, graduate conductors
Maitri White, soprano
PROGRAM
Carlos Simon, Go Down Moses
Henry Dorn, I, too, am America
Ben Horne, Deep River
Nkeiru Okoye, Voices Shouting Out
Omar Thomas, Of Our New Day Begun