HARLEM VOICES
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SAVE THE DATE - UPCOMING SHOWS for HARLEM VOICES
Mark your calendars for three powerful performances of Harlem Voices at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport. Evening performances will take place on May 30 and May 31, with a matinee show on June 1.
This compelling production features four vocalists and an 11-piece chamber orchestra, bringing together a diverse cast of professional musicians from the tri-county and Bay Areas. Through music and storytelling, Harlem Voices explores African American resilience and social justice in a moving and unforgettable performance. Take action for social justice through the arts! Stay tuned for more details.
Clovice Lewis and the Middletown Art Center present selections from Lewis’ opus work Harlem Voices – a musical performance about African American resilience and social justice. It is a story of love and longing based in a segregated speakeasy in Harlem and rooted in history spanning 1923-1976. Harlem Voices and Harlem Voices Revisited have been the focus of Lewis' artistic work since 2019.
The iteration at Middletown Art Center will feature 3 vocalists and a piano quintet with Lewis as narrator.
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Harlem Voices is a musical set in the 1920s that explores past and present-day issues of racism, LGBTQ issues, inept leadership, African-American military service in WWI, and racial profiling (among many other issues). It is about a brilliant young black vocalist who was traumatized by the Rosewood, FL massacre of her family members by the KKK. She is conflicted by falling in love with a white patron of the racially segregated club where she works in Harlem called the Black Jay Club.
To raise public awareness to African American experiences in our rural county, Lewis and the MAC have partnered to produce a significant portion of Lewis' full body of work, or a revue, called The Harlem Voices Project. Lewis wrote the “book” (play), libretto, and music and is co-producing the Harlem Voices Project as it comes to life! Go to www.harlemvoicesmusical.com for more details about Harlem Voices. The partners received a prestigious California Humanities, Humanities for All grant which requires a match. We hope to raise funds towards our required match at this event . |
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The Performance at MAC has sold out!
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Advance orders are greatly appreciated!
Your ticket also supports the project — funded by California Humanities, which requires a match.
If you have tickets and wish to order food, please click here
Advance orders are greatly appreciated!
Your ticket also supports the project — funded by California Humanities, which requires a match.
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.
