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Music takes center stage at Oxford's MLK Celebration
Oxford College and surrounding communities came together on the evening of January 17 to lift their voices in celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Oxford&#;s annual MLK Celebration&#;hosted in conjunction with Emory King Week and held at Old Church just north of campus&#;featured musical performances from Oxappella under the direction of Dr. Emorja Roberson and two other Oxford groups directed by Dr. Marvin McNeill: the Chamber Ensemble and the Soul Collective, a new group inspired by the traditions of African American soul, funk, and R&B. Newton County&#;s MLK Interdenominational Choir also performed, and the audience opened the ceremony by signing together the hymn &#;Lift Every Voice and Sing.&#;&#;We wanted to expand some of the music offerings for this year&#;s program knowing we could use a lift going into ,&#; said Lyn Pace, Oxford College Chaplain. &#;That also gave us the opportunity to include even more student voices, which showcases the deep talent and gifts of our student body. The reactions and feedback to the music and our speakers showed us how deeply moving the whole of the celebration was for those in attendance.&#;
The Celebration was jointly sponsored by Oxford&#;s Office
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Peabody's Adashi ponders 50 years of the civil rights movement with 'Rise'
ByBret McCabe
/Published April 17,With his new work Rise, Peabody Institute faculty composer Judah Adashi considers how far Americans have come since the since the civil rights movement of the s while acknowledging the steep climb toward social justice that remains. The new piece for double chorus and chamber ensemble is a collaboration with poet and playwright Tameka Cage Conley, and it includes text from a few of poems she wrote for the project.
Image caption: Judah Adashi
Image credit: Britt Olsen-Ecker
Adashi, Conley, and Washington Week and PBS NewsHour journalist Gwen Ifill present the world debut of Rise on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. The work will be performed by the Cantate Chamber Singers and Afro Blue, Howard University's celebrated jazz vocal group.
The work was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers, with whom Adashi has worked before, as part of the celebratory performances commemorating the Washington choral group's 30th anniversary season and to mark the 20th anniversary of its music director, Gisèle Becker. For the past week, Adashi has been talking about Rise online and throu
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