HARLEM VOICES
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Harlem Voices by Clovice Lewis
OUR NEXT PERFORMANCE is at the Middletown Art Center
Saturday, March 8 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
MAC will become the Black Jay Speakeasy.
Guests are invited to dress up for this musical event in prohibition era or other fancy attire.
Advance tickets required and available below
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.
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.
Saturday, March 8 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
MAC will become the Black Jay Speakeasy.
Guests are invited to dress up for this musical event in prohibition era or other fancy attire.
Advance tickets required and available below
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.
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.
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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 . The Harlem Voices Project features 3 extended performances at the Soper Reese Theatre May 30-June 1 with 4 vocalists and a 12-piece chamber orchestra. Vocalists and musicians come from the tri-county and Bay Areas, and form a powerful cast of diverse professional performers. |
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Tickets for the event at MAC are $25
Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Your ticket also supports the project funded by California Humanities, which requires a match.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Your ticket also supports the project funded by California Humanities, which requires a match.
Reserve your spot to take action for Social Justice!
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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.
