20260205_Celebration of Black Composers

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents

A Celebration of Black Composers

“I Dream A World: A Celebration of Langston Hughes”

Thursday, February 5, 2026

7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall

To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…

Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.

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PROGRAM

Dancing in the Sun

John Work, Jr. (1871–1925)

Athalia Eugene, soprano

Natalie Sherer, piano

Aurora e Tramonto Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)

Sebastian Quintero, baritone

Natalie Sherer, piano

Amazing Grace H. Leslie Adams (1932–2024)

DaSean Stokes, tenor

Fernando Garcia, piano

Absalom

Thirteen Love Poems in Jazz Settings

Derek Hale, bass

Anthony Zamora, piano

Eugene W. Hancock (1929–1994)

Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson

4. In case you put me down (1932–2004)

11. They all say you’re lovely

12. You are not quite the air I breathe

5. In your arms baby

Alissa D’Alton, mezzo-soprano

Emma Anderson, piano

Lovely dark and lonely one

With Texts by Langston Hughes

Jacob Parker, tenor

Emma Anderson, piano

Breath of a Rose

David Griffith, baritone

Emma Anderson, piano

At the feet o’ Jesus

Spring will be so sad

Olivia Bahmer, soprano

Natalie Sherer, piano

Cecilia Malley, soprano

Lujie Wang, piano

In time of Silver Rain

Jabari Lewis, tenor

Natalie Sherer, piano

I dream a world

Meg Schiliro, soprano

Mara Valmonte, piano

H. T Burleigh (1866–1949)

William Grant Still (1895–1978)

Florence Price (1887–1958)

Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)

Robert Owens (1925–2017)

Rosephanye Dunn Powell (b. 1962)

Words like Freedom Shawn Okpebholo

1. Refugee in America (b. 1981)

2. Earth Song

Caitlin Ecuyer, soprano

Fernando Garcia, piano