May 12

May 12 A Quarantine Mother's Day Gift

CAAPA Celebrates Mom, Bringing The Classics Into Her Living Room

A quarantine Mother’s Day was made extra special by the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) in a 20-minute virtual recital that was nothing short of breathtaking.

CAAPA, the nonprofit arts organization with a mission to both celebrate and provide support to Black classical musicians, opera singers, and other artists, aired their third in the virtual recital performance series, Vir-citals, May 10, on their Facebook page. here

Angeli Ferrette, soprano, accompanied by Dr. Lester Green, CAAPA Artistic Director and pianist

The Mother’s Day program featured selections from the Sopranos Slay 2018 program, E strano Ah, Ah fors'è lui Sempre libera from La Traviata by Giuseppi Verdi. Meroe Adeeb, soprano, was accompanied by Dr. Lester Green, CAAPA Artistic Director and pianist; and My Daddy’s Son from Ragtime by Terrence McNally with Yolanda Bryant, soprano, accompanied by Dr. Green. Other selections included Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child by Harry Burleigh, which was originally performed on the Cotton Field to Concert Hall at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 2018 and featured Angeli Ferrette, soprano, accompanied by Dr. Green. Don’t Rain On My Parade from Funny Girl by Bob Merill and Jules Styne, was performed by Pamela Simonson, soprano, accompanied by Dr. Green in a selection from Sopranos Slay 2017.

You can view the concert here.

Staying true to their mission while we stay home during the global crisis, CAAPA has brought the classics into our livingroom with Vir-citals, a 20-minute program airing on CAAPA’s social media presence that includes a combination of mini-recitals featuring live performances, and/or archived CAAPA concert segments.