Magnoliafest: A Juneteenth Black Music Appreciation Month Celebration
Join us on June 19 and 27 for Magnoliafest, an arts-filled Black Music Appreciation Month celebration in honor of Juneteenth. These events are designed to recognize the significance of the Juneteenth celebration in Black history and to pay tribute to Dr. A. Grace Lee Mims, one of the founders of the Black History Archives Project (now the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society), host of WCLV’s “The Black Arts” radio program for more than 40 years, and a long-time faculty member at The Music Settlement (TMS) on Magnolia Drive in University Circle. This program series is presented with support from the Center for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in the History of Africa and the Diaspora (The RASHAD Center, Inc.), Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Music Settlement, and the Western Reserve Historical Society.
June 27 Schedule of Events
African American Soul Dancing and Book Signing
Featuring Frank R. Ross, Best-Selling Author, and Friends
Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum Rotunda
Cleveland History Center, 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Sunday, June 27, 2021, 12-2 PM
Free with Museum Admission
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*This RASHAD Center, Inc. program is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
The Linking Legacies Project Virtual Performance
Christopher Jenkins (viola)
Dianna White-Gould (piano)
Matthew Jones (tenor)
Online Premiere
Sunday, June 27, 2021, 7 PM
Free Admission
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*C-L-E / Arts and Culture TV is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
The “Linking Legacies” Project, a virtual concert series featuring multiple generations of African American performers and composers with deep ties to Ohio and the Cleveland area, went live in July and August of 2020. Performers include pianist Dianna White-Gould, faculty member at the Dike School of the Arts; Chris Jenkins, violist and Associate Dean at Oberlin Conservatory; and tenor Matthew Jones, an active singer on the Cleveland performance scene. All three are faculty members at the Music Settlement (TMS).
Ms. White-Gould grew up in Cleveland and is the daughter of cellist Donald White, the first African American member of the Cleveland Orchestra. Composers featured are graduates of institutions in Cleveland or Oberlin, and some are native to the area. These include Nathaniel Dett, Leslie Adams, and Cleveland native George Walker, all of whom graduated from Oberlin, as well as Hale Smith, who was born in Cleveland and is a Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) graduate. Repertoire also includes works by Dolores White, the wife of Donald White, and Florence Price.