Cost: $16.50 - $27.50 | Time: 2:00 PM
Panel sheds light on Charleston’s “father of Black classical music” Edmund Thornton Jenkins, a Morehouse College and Royal Conservatory of London alum. The panel explores four of his compositions to be presented by the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Orchestra.
Dr. Karen Chandler, Tuffus Zimbabwe, and Dr. Christopher Brooks will provide historical context to the featured performance (on Nov 17th) and offer thoughts and insights of a classical legacy just beginning to be told.
Dr. Karen Chandler is Associate Professor Emerita in the Arts Management Program at College of Charleston.
Tuffus Zimbabwe is Saturday Night Live’s keyboardist and the great nephew of Edmund Thornton Jenkins.
Dr. Christopher Brooks is Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor.
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.