Upcoming Performances
Juneteenth Jubilee

CELEBRATING "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING"
JUNETEENTH JUBILEE CONCERTS 2025
Tuesday, June 17th - 5:30 PM at Bela Abzug Park (Manhattan)
https://www.hyhkalliance.org
Intersection of Hudson Yards and West 34th Street
Thursday, June 19th - 2 PM at Bronx Music Hall
bronxmusichall.org
438 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY 10451
Juneteenth Jubilee 2025 is a series of family-friendly NYC performances celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first performance of the anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and paying tribute to its composers, the Johnson Brothers with arrangements of their art songs, spirituals, and folk music, and an historical narrative exploring their lives and the music and cultural traditions of Juneteenth presented by MORE Opera. The program features soloists and an inter-generational chorus conducted by Cheryl Warfield.
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In Manhattan, this project is made possible, in part, with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Howard Gilman Foundation and administered by LMCC.
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In the Bronx, this project is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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FOURTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH JUBILEE
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center
Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
JBOLC Garden Community Farmers Market
Corner of Goulden and Sedgwick Avenues, Bronx, NY 10463
MORE Opera presents its “Fourth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee,” at 1 PM on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at the James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center (JBOLC) Farmers Market, 100 W. Mosholu Parkway S., Bronx, NY 10468 (corner of Goulden and Sedgwick Avenues). The free outdoor concert of traditional folk songs and spirituals from the Black experience and historical text to celebrate Juneteenth will be performed by MORE Opera's Community Chorus of Bronx area choristers. The Farmer’s Market is open from 11 am to 3 pm every Saturday from June 14th through October 25th.

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The Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera), is a NYC-based nonprofit focused on providing vocal arts education and culturally responsive musical programming to underserved communities.
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