Join the Santa Monica Symphony for our annual MLK concert, presented in partnership with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Westside Coalition and in collaboration with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles. Led by guest conductors Gary Pratt (Santa Monica Symphony) and Charles Dickerson (ICYOLA), this inspiring program will feature music that celebrates unity, equality, and hope for a brighter future.

Program

William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 “Afro American”
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Charles Dickerson, conductor

Gary Pratt – Pasture SongsDwayne, Burrell, clarinet
Santa Monica Symphony
Gary Pratt, conductor

Intermission

Aaron Copland – Lincoln PortraitEarl Ofari Hutchinson, narrator
Santa Monica Symphony
Gary Pratt, conductor

James Weldon Johnson & John Rosamond Johnson – Lift Ev’ry Voice and SingSanta Monica Symphony & Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Charles Dickerson, conductor

Traditional – We Shall OvercomeTonoccus McClain, orator
Santa Monica Symphony & Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles