Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Productions (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland), and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Billboard History Maker, Dennis Reed Jr of Dennis Reed & GAP.
Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham.
Cohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center
Our Black American Music Series is Back with a new Season! We continue the tradition with a tribute to Jazz Legend Art Blakey. Featuring Don Cheatham on drums.
