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Collection Collector:
Maltsby, Portia  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture  Search this
Container:
Box 24, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1994 April 22
Scope and Contents:
The Program in African American Culture and the Duke Ellington Collection National Museum of American in partnership with the District of Columbia Public Schools featured the creative talents of the students. Teachers challenged students to create projects encompassing themes in literature, art, dance, social studies, foreign languages, drama and music. This program included an art exhibit opening and performances by the Senior High School Choir and Band, the Junior High School Choir and Band, the Combined String Orchestra, McKinley/Penn Senior High School, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Department. Performances (Listed in Order of Appearance) Senior High School Choir "The Majesty of God" (from the Third Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington Music Director: Edward Jackson Junior High School Choir "I Like the Sunrise" (from The Liberian Suite), Duke Ellington "What Color is Virtue?" (from My People), Duke Ellington "Tell Me It's the Truth" (from the First Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington Music Coordinator: Patricia Braswell Accompanists: Anita Jones and James Lewis Junior High School Band "Sophisticated Lady Medley," Duke Ellington, arr. John Edmondson Music Director: Edward B. Anderson Combined String Orchestra "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good," Duke Ellington "I'm Beginning to See the Light," Duke Ellington Music Directors: Carolyn Bastian and Barbara Maxwell Drama Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare "Star Crossed Lovers" Shakespearean Suite, Duke Ellington/ Billy Strayhorn McKinley/Penn Senior High School Instructor: Darlene Turner Act IV, Scene I from Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpt), William Shakespeare Shakespearean Suite, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Instructor: Delois Jones Dance "Martin Luther King" The Three Black Kings, Duke Ellington Spoken Excerpts from Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountain Top" and "I Have a Dream Speeches." Dancers: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Department Second Year Class Choreographer: Melba Lucas Senior High School Choir "Is God a Three Letter Word for Love?" (from the Third Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington Soloist, Tramellia Wright, Woodson Senior High School "Heritage" ("My Mother, My Father") (from My People), Duke Ellington Soloist, Taiwan Norris "Love You Madly," Duke Ellington Music Directors: James Curtis Brown and Dianna Robinson Medley of Duke Ellington Selections Senior High School Band Music Director: Anthony Boyd Program number AC408.87.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions exist. Collection items available for reproduction Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Program in African American Culture Collection
Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82092a1f9-37ab-4972-b918-07a4ab504c1c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0408-ref1291