Black & Brown Classical Composers in Arturo Schomburg's Era

Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 6:30pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York

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The Harlem Chamber Players presents Black and Brown Classical Composers in Arturo Schomburg's Era, a lecture-concert celebrating Arturo Schomburg and the Schomburg Center's Centennial. The program includes a world premier preview of an opera about Arturo Schomburg by composer Dr. Carlos Carillo and librettist Dr. Vanessa Valdés. Dr. Zuly Inirio will join members of The Harlem Chamber Players in performing Cinco canciones negras by the Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge and members of Harlem Opera Theater will join in selections from Verdi's Aida and Meyerbeer's L'Africaine in a nod to the soprano Caterina Jarboro, whom Schomburg reviewed when she gave her debut at the Hippodrome in 1933. The concert will be followed by a panel discussion with the artists led by Dr. Valdés, author of the biography Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg.

This event is presented in association with the Afro-Latinx Song & Opera Project and Harlem Opera Theater.

FEATURED PARTICIPANTS
Dr. Zuly Inirio, soprano
Dr. Vanessa Valdés, moderator, speaker
Dr. Carlos Carillo, composer

Dr. Gregory Hopkins, piano
Lynnesha Crump, soprano
Rocky Sellers, bass-baritone

Ashley Horne, violin
Claire Chan, violin
William Frampton, viola
Wayne Smith, cello

Music: Classical Talks & Panel Discussions Central Harlem

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Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 6:30pm · tickets local_activity · add to calendar today 2026-04-16 18:30:00 2026-04-16 21:30:00 America/New_York Black & Brown Classical Composers in Arturo Schomburg's Era https://harlemonestop.com/event/34530/black-brown-classical-composers-in-arturo-schomburgs-era Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY, 10037-1801