Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert

The Music Institute presents an afternoon concert featuring special guest artists including MIC students, faculty, and alumni.

Programming includes:

Remarks and reflections from:  Mayor Steve Hagerty, City of Evanston; Dr. Helene Gayle, President & CEO for The Chicago Community Trust; Reverend Dr. Raymond Hylton, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Evanston; and Dr. Mark George, President & CEO, Music Institute of Chicago

Performances include:

• Zachary Allen, MIC oboist and Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative fellow | William Grant Still: “Incantation”
• Hannah White, MIC alumna violinist | Carlos Simon: "Between Worlds"
• Sung Hoon Mo and Inah Chiu, MIC faculty duo piano | William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, "Afro-American"
• Victor Goines and Friends | Victor Goines: "MLK Suite"
• Rachel Barton Pine, violin | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: “Louisiana Blues” and Daniel Bernard Roumain: “Hip-Hop Prayer No. 3”
• Tammy McCann, vocalist, MIC artist in residence, and Chicago Tribune's 2020 Chicagoan of the Year in jazz | Clara Ward: “How I Got Over”
• Brotherhood Chorale of the Apostolic Church of God, directed by Brother Brian Rice

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