WHEN & WHERE:
Cabaret: The Hazel Scott Show
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | New World Center
Tickets starting at $100; tables for $500
Michelle Cann, piano
Wesley Ducote, piano and NWS alumnus (2019-2023)
Noah Sonderling, NWS Piano Fellow
Shih-Man Weng, NWS Piano Fellow
Adam Clayton Powell III, special guest
RACHMANINOFF: Prelude C-sharp minor
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
GRAINGER: Country Gardens
J.S. BACH: Invention in A minor
CHOPIN: Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, “Minute Waltz”
CHOPIN: Waltz in C-sharp minor
The Hazel Scott Show
Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater
Tickets are pay what you wish, starting at $10
Michelle Cann, piano
Wesley Ducote, piano and NWS alumnus (2019-2023)
Noah Sonderling, NWS Piano Fellow
Shih-Man Weng, NWS Piano Fellow
Adam Clayton Powell III, special guest
RACHMANINOFF: Prelude C-sharp minor
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
GRAINGER: Country Gardens
J.S. BACH: Invention in A minor
CHOPIN: Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, “Minute Waltz”
CHOPIN: Waltz in C-sharp minor
Transitions and Trailblazers
Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets start at $40
New World Center, Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Stage
Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor
Briana Hunter, mezzo-soprano
STILL: Festive Overture
PERRY: Stabat Mater
DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...The Festival will focus on the pioneering influence of Black artists during the transformative period bridging the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement—two distinct yet overlapping cultural and political eras that intersected with World War II. During a time of global conflict, music became a symbol of unity and hope, and many Black composers and performers found a more receptive audience in Europe than in the United States..."
