“Of Ebony Embers – Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance”

A chamber music theatre work for actor


and trio (cello, piano & percussion) will celebrate the lives of the great


African-American poets Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay as seen


through the eyes of the great muralist and painter Aaron Douglas. The musical


score includes works by jazz giants Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Billy


Strayhorn, Thelonius Monk and Charles Mingus as well as concert music by


Jeffrey Mumford and George Walker.