Join us on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, at 7:00pm at the Foundry Theater, 920 Corry St. in Yellow Springs when the World House Choir will perform the regional premiere of Weather: Stand the Storm.
Weather: Stand the Storm is a powerful twenty-minute choral work, a call to action, written by internationally renowned music educator, conductor and composer Rollo Dilworth. Dilworth set the poem, “Weather,” by Yale poet and MacArthur Grant recipient Claudia Rankine. Rankine was tasked by the New York Times to grapple with the global landscape of June 2020 reflecting on the two traumatic events that weighed on our collective hearts and minds: [1] a worldwide pandemic and [2] the filmed murder of George Floyd.
The program will also include choral works featuring dynamic vocal soloists and special commentary by musicologist Dr. Tammy Kernodle (Friday concert) and Dr. Dilworth, the composer (Saturday concert). The commentaries provide the audience an entryway into the composer’s compositional style using diverse genres drawn from the African American tradition including call-response, spirituals, blues, jazz, along with elements from musical theatre and classical music.
Can a musical work be a call to action? We believe it can and so does composer Rollo Dilworth who wrote,
May Weather inspire us all to “disorder the disorder,” and to do our part in shaping a society that is fair and just not just a few, but for everybody.
This piece challenges all of us to become agents of social justice and action. Join us for the performance of this remarkable work. Admission is free, donations are welcome.
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