Event

Forever Free

Luke Frazier conducts Forever Free, a joint concert featuring the DC Youth Orchestra and the Manhattan Girls Chorus on Sunday, February 15th at 3 and 6 pm. NBC's Barbara Harrison as celebrity speaker!

Forever Free features music of the Civil War era as well as music from the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Forever Free tells the story of Americans Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and their contributions to Civil Rights Movement. This diverse musical program includes narration and projections.

The DC Youth Orchestra Program (DCYOP) is the leading curriculum-based classical music education program in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Founded in 1960 by Lyn McLain at the request of DC Public Schools, the mission of DCYOP is "music for young people; achievement for life!" DCYOP offers group lessons and ensemble training on all orchestral instruments for students ages 4 to 18. The program consists of six ensembles including the renowned Youth Orchestra. www.dcyop.org

The Manhattan Girls Chorus is a nurturing community of young women grades five through twelve from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds seeking an extraordinary music education and opportunities for performing excellence. In addition to helping each singer realize her full musical potential, we encourage mentoring relationships with women in the arts and other professions. www.manhattangirlschorus.org

Considered a rapidly rising star in the pops world, conductor Luke Frazier has established himself as both an innately musical conductor and a sensitive pianist. His commitment to re-envisioning pops programming has quickly established him as a dynamic force across the music community.