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Livestream - The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout
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Watch a FREE livestream of The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout. Join Nona Hendryx, Abby Dobson, Toshi Reagon, Joel Thompson, Carlos Simon, Courtney Bryan, Troy Anthony and more as they take you on a sonic melodic quest to “The Gathering.”
This performance is co-produced by National Black Theatre and The Apollo in association with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rental Office
Genre
Theater
Part of a series
Price
Free
Watch a FREE livestream of The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout.
Please note that this Millennium Stage event will only be livestreamed. Tickets for the performance in the Opera House can be purchased here.
Through orchestral, choral, gospel and soul choral music, this one-night-only event is the signature celebration for ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÃâ·Ñ°æapp’s Conflux partnership with National Black Theatre (NBT) running May 26 - June 2, 2024.
The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout will take us on a sonic quest produced by National Black Theatre & The Apollo. Taking place in the Opera House at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÃâ·Ñ°æapp, “The Gathering” will center the soul of Black folks and the heart of America's brilliant and bitter present.
With Creative Concept and Direction by NBT’s Executive Artistic Director, Jonathan McCrory, and featuring 80 members of the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Chelsea Tipton, II and 48 members of the NEWorks Voices of Inspiration chorale under the leadership of choirmaster Nolan Williams, Jr, this night will feature the DC premiere of Seven Last Words of the Unarmed by Joel Thompson alongside Carlos Simon’s Amen! and Courtney Bryan’s Sanctum. In conjunction with these pieces, the night has been curated in the African tradition of call and response to include original works by genre-defying Black artists such as Abby Dobson, Toshi Reagon, Troy Anthony, and Nona Hendryx.
The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout was originally performed to a sold-out audience at The Apollo in Harlem, New York 2022.
This performance is co-produced by National Black Theatre and The Apollo in association with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rental Office
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