Pre-Concert Prelude: Joel Thompson
Earl Hall at SCSU 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT, United StatesLearn more about NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's piece, "To Awaken the Sleeper", which the NHSO will perform on October 23.
Learn more about NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's piece, "To Awaken the Sleeper", which the NHSO will perform on October 23.
Join us for a free 30-minute lecture before each Classics...
Soprano and scholar Dr. Lisa Williamson partners with New Haven Symphony Orchestra musicians Tiffany Wee, Marika Basagoitia, Jennifer Quián-López, Rebecca Patterson, and William Braun to perform and discuss Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2, Margaret Bonds’s vocal music, and Helen Hagan’s newly discovered song titled “Eternity.”Catering provided by Ricky D’s.
You’re invited an exciting afternoon of networking & entertainment! Presented in partnership with BLOOM, the NAACP of New Haven, and Alpha Kappa Alpha, this gathering will celebrate the life and legacy of New Haven's own historic musical icon, Helen Eugenia Hagan.
Dr. Lisa Williamson and the NHSO Harmony Quartet offer an abbreviated program of music by Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, and Helen Hagan as the sermon for the Sunday service at Dixwell Congregational Church, where Helen Hagan served as organist when she was a young girl.