Part of The Sphinx Organization, the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra is a unique all Black and Latinx orchestra comprised of top professionals from around the country. The program includes Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, a moving work composed by Joel Thompson that quotes the last words of seven African-American men killed by police or authority figures.

A co-presentation of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts & Washington Performing Arts, in cooperation with The Washington Chorus

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Eugene Rogers, conductor
EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble
     Eugene Rogers, Music Director
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Members of The Washington Chorus
     Eugene Rogers, Artistic Director

 PROGRAM

CARLOS SIMON
Motherboxx Connection (Sphinx Commission)

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Ballade for Orchestra

VALERIE COLEMAN
Seven O’Clock Shout

MICHAEL ABELS
Delights and Dances

CARLOS CORDERO/JULIE FLANDERS
Holding Our Breath

TRADITIONAL, ARR. AUGUSTUS HILL
Fix Me, Jesus (featuring Aundi Marie Moore)

JOEL THOMPSON
Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

JOHN LEGEND/COMMON, ARR. EUGENE ROGERS
“Glory” from Selma