THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND ARTS FOR ALL PRESENT MUSIC AND COMMUNITY
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GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
APRIL 25, 2026 5:00PM
AMERICAN ANTHEMS: REFLECTING ON THE NATION’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY
From songs that carry people through hard times to the anthems that unite people across differences, this program explores the melodies woven into the fabric of American life — and the communities that made them.
“The Star-Spangled Banner” Francis Scott Key John Stafford Smith
Joshua Lee ’26, voice Josanne Francis Ph.D. ’24, steelpan
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” ..........................................
James Weldon Johnson J. Rosamond Johnson
Leilani Clendenin ’22, voice
Joshua Lee ’26, voice
Lester Green D.M.A. ’05, piano
“Bayou Home” ................................................................................. William Grant Still “Goin’ Home” from New World Symphony ............................. Antonín Dvořák
Sarah Frisof, flute
David Neely, piano
“I Hear America Singing” (1860) Walt Whitman “I, Too” (1926) Langston Hughes Kayley Childs ’26, recitation
“America the Beautiful”
Tim Powell M.M. ’04, D.M.A. ’12, saxophone
Michael Key ’29, piano
Henry Sheppard B.M. ’25, M.M. ’27, bass
“We Shall Overcome” University of Maryland Gospel Choir
“Free at Last”
Katharine Lee Bates
Samuel A. Ward
Kelsey Ogbewe Kelsey Ogbewe ’27, poet and hip-hop artist
“Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide ............................. Leonard Bernstein
Maryland Opera Studio
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Students, faculty and staff of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and School of Music, and the staff of The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and ARHU Dean’s Office.