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URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com/events/americans-we/
SUMMARY:Americans We
DESCRIPTION:Americans We\nCelebrating Our Shared Story in Music\nTaking pla
 ce just two weeks before the Semiquincentennial\, AFB celebrates the diver
 se collection of voices that make up our country on its 250th birthday. Th
 e program will include works from composers from different regions with a 
 range of ethnicities and styles. To celebrate the anniversary\, AFB will c
 ommission a new work for wind band from Georgia composer Christopher Kyle 
 Green. A graduate of Kennesaw State University\, Green has built an impres
 sive collection of music. He was also one of AFB’s student composers at 
 the beginning of the program.\n\nWe are excited to invite you to experienc
 e the concert in a new venue\, the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at M
 orehouse College. This state-of-the-art performance venue features a beaut
 iful auditorium\, a large stage\, more plentiful and comfortable seating\
 , and plenty of nearby parking. We can't wait to see you there!\n\nTickets
  are $20 general admission\, $15 seniors\, $10 students.\nThe concert will
  also stream live from AFB’s YouTube channel.\nThe concert program featu
 res:\n"Mother of a Revolution" by Omar Thomas\n"Conversations" by Chandler
  Wilson\n"She Dares\, She Leaps" by Erika Svanoe\n"American Overture for B
 and" by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins\n"Elegy for a Young American" by Ronald Lo P
 resti\n"Fanfare for Freedom" by Quincy Hilliard\nPremiere: "We the People"
  by Christopher Kyle Green\n"Adoration" by Florence Price\n"From Atlanta t
 o the Sea" by Frank Duarte\n"Early Light" by Carolyn Brewer\n"Promise of L
 iving" by Aaron Copland\n"The Soulful Sixties" arr. Michael Brown\n\n\n\nA
 CCESSIBILITY\nAn accessible entrance is available with a flat path from th
 e parking deck behind the parking area behind the theater to the front ent
 rance. The standard complement of symphonic percussion will be in use. The
  concert will not have any special lighting or audio effects. For accessib
 ility questions\, please email development@atlantafreedombands.com.\n\n\n\
 nGETTING HERE\nPARKING is available along West End Ave\, in a grassy lot n
 ear the theater\, and in the campus parking deck (entrance on Greensferry 
 Ave SW).\nOpen Google Maps &gt\;\nVIEW THE PROGRAM\nConcert programs are a
 vailable the week before the show so you can read more about the pieces an
 d composers.\nThe program will be available closer to the concert &gt\;\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\nDINNER AND A SHOW\nSupport our favorite neighborhood restaurant
 s before the show. Make your pre-show dinner plans at these fine locations
 .\nView our Recommendations &gt\;\nWATCH THE STREAM\nAll of AFB’s 33rd s
 eason concerts will stream live on our YouTube channel.  The stream will 
 be available for a short time after the concert.\nStream the Concert &gt\;
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"Americans We" is supported in part by the Cit
 y of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding for this pr
 ogram is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under t
 he guidance of Fulton County Arts &amp\; Culture. This program is supporte
 d in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of th
 e Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives sup
 port from its partner agency – the National Endowment for the Arts.\n\n[
 caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Parking for the Ray Charles
  Performing Arts Center[/caption]
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CATEGORIES:Concert Band
LOCATION:Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College\, 900 West
  End Ave SW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30310\, United States
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