Westminster Choir College welcomes My Sister's Keeper to present a Multimedia Recital for the 2024 Celebration of Black Music!
Westminster Choir College will host the second annual Celebration of Black Music on March 23 and 24, 2024. While the breadth and depth of music by those of African descent have had a place on our campus since its inception, this multi day program is the first of its kind.
The two-day celebration will feature lectures, workshops, and a concert featuring the Westminster Jubilee Singers, Westminster Chapel Choir, and more!
Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.
(Multimedia Recital)
Drs. Minnita Daniel-Cox | Alexis Davis-Hazell | Marcía Porter | Rosalyn Wright Floyd
My Sister’s Keeper multimedia recital appearances have been a rousing success at the Pipino Performing Arts Series, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago and ArtsLive/Dayton, and they have been invited as featured artists at conferences for the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the National Opera Association, International Congress of Voice Teachers, National Association of Negro Musicians, and the African American Art Song Alliance. Drs. Minnita Daniel-Cox, Alexis Davis-Hazell, Marcía Porter, and Rosalyn Wright Floyd are pleased to present their My Sister's Keeper recital tour.
Concert Tickets: $10 adults, $5 non-Rider students/seniors
Box Office: 609-896-7775
Minnita Daniel-Cox received a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance from Bowling Green State University and Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Michigan. A performing scholar, Daniel-Cox has appeared with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Society of Dayton, and the Dayton Opera. She established the Dunbar Music Archive, a repository of musical settings of works by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Daniel- Cox is Associate Professor of Voice and Coordinator of the Voice Area at the University of Dayton.
Soprano Marcía Porter has sung in venues throughout the United States and internationally. She has performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing International Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and others. Her discography includes the world premier recording of Requiem für Mozart (2011), Open Thine Heart (2013), and Romances and Poems of Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (2020). Her research focuses on Brazilian art songs and lyric diction. A Fulbright Scholar, Porter is Professor of Voice and Voice Area Coordinator at Florida State University College of Music.
Alexis Davis-Hazell’s soloist appearances since contributing to the GRAMMYTM award- winning album Gretchaninov: Passion Week with the Phoenix Chorale include: the International Alonzo Ortiz Tirado Opera Festival in Sonora, Mexico; operatic and symphonic repertoire with regional companies throughout the U.S.; and over 130 performances of Porgy and Bess at international venues. She is Assistant Professor of Voice and Lyric Diction at the University of Alabama School of Music, and National President- Elect of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Her research centers on Diction, Pedagogy, and Russian art song literature.
Rosalyn W. Floyd, Professor of Music at Augusta University, attended Talladega College in Alabama and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina. She has collaborated with world-renowned performers such as Martina Arroyo, Cynthia Lawrence, Laquita Mitchell, Jessye Norman, and Nicholas Phan. She has performed throughout the United States and internationally. Dr. Floyd can be heard on the recordings Oral Moses Sings Songs of America (2008), Come Down Angels (2014) and Steal Away (2016).
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