A new concert video collection honoring, celebrating Black artists
As a part of our efforts to actively include a diverse range of voices in all that we do, we are committed to the continued commissioning of artists that have been historically underrepresented on our stage and in the works that we play. To help do our part to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in our organization and in our field, we are using our platform to celebrate the work of Black artists during Black History Month and all year.
From bold and contemplative solos to oral storytelling blended with music, we invite you to explore this collection of new and recent video performances featuring Black artists and composers, including pianist and composer Stewart Goodyear, actor H. Adam Harris, playwright Harrison David Rivers, and composers Ambrose Akinmusire, Billy Childs, Tyson Davis, Adolphus Hailstork and Jessie Montgomery.
the river has its destination
Ambrose Akinmusire, composer
Zachary Cohen, bass
Performed and filmed October 2020
World premiere commissioned by the SPCO
Piano Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, composer and piano
Performed and filmed October 2020
String Quartet No. 3, Unrequited
Billy Childs, composer
Performed and filmed October 2020
St. Paul’s Blues for Solo Flute
Adolphus Hailstork, composer
Alicia McQuerrey, flute
Performed and filmed October 2020
World premiere commissioned by the SPCO
Tableau No. X for Solo Trumpet
Tyson Davis, composer
Lynn Erickson, trumpet
Performed and filmed October 2020
World premiere commissioned by the SPCO
Selections from Strum, Records from a Vanishing City, Banner and Source Code
Jessie Montgomery, composer
Christian Reif, conductor
Harrison David Rivers, playwright
H. Adam Harris, actor
2020 Northside Celebration (special feature)
The 2020 Northside Celebration feature offers a testimony of music’s connective power and the spirit of the North Minneapolis community, showing moments on- and off-stage as North Minneapolis artists, choirs and the SPCO celebrate the spirit of the Northside through music.
A Requiem for Zula (TPT Minnesota Original)
Follow along with composer and musician PaviElle French as she partnered with the SPCO in creating A Requiem for Zula, a symphony dedicated to her mother and to Saint Paul’s Rondo neighborhood.