BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54@atlantafreedombands.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260620T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260620T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T000659Z URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com/events/americans-we/ SUMMARY:Americans We DESCRIPTION:Americans We\nCelebrating Our Shared Story in Music\nAtlanta Fr eedom Bands’ (AFB) 90-member Concert Band will mark our nation’s 250th anniversary with a concert titled “Americans We: Celebrating Our Shared Story in Music”.  Taking place on Saturday\, June 20\, at the Ray Char les Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College\, this Semiquincentennial musical offering features a diverse array of composers representing a wide array of American voices in music.\n\nThis will NOT be your typical patri otic concert.  We have something unique to offer our community.  Our con cert celebrates the diversity\, the varied voices\, and shared stories tha t make up our country.  The music will challenge\, inform\, entertain\, a nd delight.\n\nThe program’s centerpiece is the premiere of a work AFB h as commissioned for the occasion\, “We the People” by Christopher Kyle Green.  Mr. Green is a graduate of Kennesaw State University and has wri tten a growing catalog of music performed by top wind ensembles.  Mr. Gre en says\, “This work stands as both a reflection and a declaration: that even in times of division\, there remains an unyielding drive toward prog ress. It is a tribute to those who continue to raise their voices and a re minder that the story of ‘We the People’ is still being written.”  The Jon Sims Endowment Fund has provided funding to support the work.\n\nT he program features legendary composers such as Florence Price and Aaron C opland paired with today’s counterparts such as Erica Svanoe\, Quincy Hi lliard\, Omar Thomas\, and Chandler Wilson.  The selections tell the stor ies of women who dared to expand beyond their traditional roles\, the achi evements of the African American community\, Marsha P. Johnson (an importa nt early activist in the transgender community)\, and more.\n\nLed by Arti stic Director O’Shae Best in his first season with the ensemble\, AFB’ s Concert Band will bring these stories spanning the breadth of our nation to life.\n\nWe are excited to invite you to experience the concert in a n ew venue\, the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College. Th is state-of-the-art performance venue features a beautiful auditorium\, a  large stage\, more plentiful and comfortable seating\, and plenty of nea rby parking. We can't wait to see you there!\n\nTickets are $20 general ad mission\, $15 seniors\, $10 students.\nThe concert will also stream live f rom AFB’s YouTube channel.\nThe concert program features:\n"Fanfare for Freedom" by Quincy Hilliard\n"American Overture for Band" by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins\n"Adoration" by Florence Price\n"Conversations" by Chandler Wilso n\n"Mother of a Revolution" by Omar Thomas\n"She Dares\, She Leaps" by Eri ka Svanoe\n"Elegy for a Young American" by Ronald Lo Presti\nPremiere: "We the People" by Christopher Kyle Green\n"The Soulful Sixties" arr. Michael Brown\n"Promise of Living" by Aaron Copland\n"From Atlanta to the Sea" by Frank Duarte\n\n\n\nACCESSIBILITY\nAn accessible entrance is available wi th a flat path from the parking deck behind the parking area behind the th eater to the front entrance. The standard complement of symphonic percussi on will be in use. The concert will not have any special lighting or audio effects. For accessibility questions\, please email development@atlantafr eedombands.com.\n\n\n\nGETTING HERE\nPARKING is available along West End A ve\, in a grassy lot near the theater\, and in the campus parking deck (en trance on Greensferry Ave SW).\nOpen Google Maps >\;\nVIEW THE PROGRAM\n Concert programs are available the week before the show so you can read mo re about the pieces and composers.\nThe program will be available closer t o the concert >\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDINNER AND A SHOW\nSupport our favorite n eighborhood restaurants before the show. Make your pre-show dinner plans a t these fine locations.\nView our Recommendations >\;\nWATCH THE STREAM\ nAll of AFB’s 33rd season concerts will stream live on our YouTube chann el.  The stream will be available for a short time after the concert.\nSt ream the Concert >\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"Americans We" is suppor ted in part by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affair s. Funding for this program is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of Fulton County Arts &\; Culture. Th is program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through th e appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency – the National Endowm ent for the Arts.\n\n[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Parki ng for the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center[/caption] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://atlantafreedombands.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/03/AFB-AmericansWe-SocialMedia_Square-Instagram_1080.jpg CATEGORIES:Concert Band LOCATION:Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College\, 900 West End Ave SW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30310\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=900 West End Ave SW\, Atlan ta\, GA\, 30310\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ray Charles Per forming Arts Center at Morehouse College:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR