Repertoire and Performers

David Gillingham | With Heart and Voice
Performers: Kent Wind Ensemble and Kent State Symphony Band
Conductor: Wendy K. Matthews

Omar Thomas | A Mother of a Revolution
Performers: Kent State Youth Winds
Conductor: Wendy K. Matthews

Francisco Perez | Citadel of the Stars
Performers: Kent State Percussion Ensemble
Director: Matthew Holm

Bobby Selvaggio | I Have a Dream
Performers: Kent State Jazz Orchestra, Nova Jazz Singers, Kent State University Orchestra with Guest Spoken Word Artist Orlando Watson
Director: Bobby Selvaggio

Scott Davenport Richards & David Cote | Selections from Blind Injustice

• “I used to be That Guy” 
• “Getting the Job Done”
• “The Wonder of Forensics”

Performers: Kent State Opera Theatre; Soloists Timothy Culver, Kishna Fowler, Lara Troyer, and Brian Keith Johnson; Kent McWilliams and Hana Chu, pianos; Dan Paterson, double bass and Corey Hautmann, percussion
Conductor: Jay White

Khmer Phothisat with Sung Text
Performers: Kent State Thai Ensemble
Director: Priwan Nanongkham

Frederic Rzewski | Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Performers: Alena Miskinis, piano; Kylie Karam, Andreya Leavell, Tamara Marono-Garza, Mia Savelli, Elizabeth Schultheis, Sarah Seay, Ian Stewart, Yitian Zhang, Kent State student dancers choreographed by Jeffrey Marc Rockland; and costume design by Michelle Souza and Tamara Marono-Garza

Davido | FEM
Performers: African Ensemble and Steel Band with Afrobeat dance team Asé Xpressions
Director: Janine Tiffe

Brief Intermission

Adam Roberts | Sometime There Is a Day
Performers: New Music Ensemble
Director: Adam Roberts

Aaron Copland | Clarinet Concerto
Performers: Guest Soloist David Shifrin and the Kent State University Orchestra
Conductor: Jungho Kim

Johannes Brahms | “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen” (How Lovely are Thy Dwelling Places)

• From Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

Performers: Kent State University Orchestra and Kent State Choirs
Conductor: Scott MacPherson

Spiritual | Let There Be Peace on Earth
Performers: KSU Voices United, Cleveland School of Arts Singers
Conductor: Jungho Kim; Director: Kishna Fowler

Marc Kaplan and Colin Britt | “Be the Change” from the Justice Choir Songbook
Arranged and conducted by Kent State alumnus Bryon Black II
Performers: Kent State University Combined Choirs, Orchestra, African Ensemble, and Percussion Ensemble