The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Sunday, Apr 16, 2023 2pm
- Saturday, Apr 15, 2023 8pm
- Friday, Apr 14, 2023 8pm
- Thursday, Apr 13, 2023 7pm
Location
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
1 Symphony Pl
Details
Join the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero this April for the world premiere of The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph by the visionary composer Hannibal Lokumbe. Few artists have conveyed the African American experience as movingly and as powerfully as Lokumbe, who started as a jazz musician with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, and other greats. Bridging the worlds of jazz and classical music, he has written more than 150 works, many of which have paid tribute to civil rights leaders and iconic historical figures including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., abolitionist John Brown, Malcolm X, and Anne Frank.
