AMERICAN OPERA
SCENES: A CONCERT FOR 9/11
FREE @ Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, NY
Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:30 pm
The concert will feature music by Carlisle Floyd, William Grant Still & Virgil Thomson; with words by Langston Hughes, Verna Arvey, and Gertrude Stein. The scenes are drawn from the history of the Americas both historical and fictional including Huey Long, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Susan B. Anthony.
Bring a blanket or folding chair!
FEATURING
Phillip Bullock | Adrienne Danrich | Edwin Jhamaal Davis
Brooke Larimer | Jennifer Moore | David Morgans | Andrew Richardson
MUSIC DIRECTORS
Richard Cordova | Walker Jermaine Jackson | Catherine Miller
Rain Date: Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 6 pm