Performances & Events

Performance

“Scenes from the Life of a Martyr”

Featuring the University Symphony Orchestra, University Choir, Orpheus Singers & Chamber Choir

February 21, 2025 | 8:00 pm

Hill Auditorium
825 N University Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free - no tickets required

Lit Hill Auditorium stage with organ pipes at back wall and parabolic ceiling rising above

Remembering the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and commemorating the 45th anniversary of the completion of the full orchestra version of Undine Smith Moore’s magnum opus, the U-M SMTD Choirs and University Symphony Orchestra perform her powerful oratorio Scenes from the Life of a Martyr with Maurice Duruflé’s iconic Requiem, op. 9.

PROGRAM
Scenes from the Life of a Martyr by Undine Smith Moore
Requiem, op. 9 by Maurice Duruflé

Eugene Rogers, conductor

SOLOISTS

Duruflé:

Gracie Ryan, mezzo-soprano

Isaiah Liggins, baritone

Undine Smith Moore:

Daniel Washington, narrator and baritone – https://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/daniel-washington

Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano – https://kerrytownconcerthouse.com/goitsemang-lehobye

Rehanna Thelwell, mezzo-soprano – https://rehannathelwell.wixsite.com/mezzosoprano/bio-1

Errin Duane Brooks, tenor – https://www.errinduanebrooks.com

Concert Free Interdisciplinary Live-stream Option Central Campus
Lit Hill Auditorium stage with organ pipes at back wall and parabolic ceiling rising above