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Neosho area residents had the chance to learn more about the Harlem Renaissance last night through a combination of music and theatre.
“Of Ebony Embers, Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance,” a show performed by the visiting Core Ensemble, was held at 7 p.m. in the Elsie Plaster Community Center at Crowder College.
The show featured a music trio, performing on the cello, piano and percussion, and a solo actor who explored the lives of African-American poets Langston Hughes, Claude McKay and Countee Cullen through the eyes of artist Aaron Douglas.
Robert Ensor, music instructor at Crowder College, said he first stumbled onto the show when he received an email about the program.
“It looked very interesting and I thought that it would be something that would be very educational for Crowder students,” Ensor said. “It’s theatre intermixed with music.”
The performance featured jazz classics from Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Billy Strayhorn, to name a few.
“It’s probably a subject not a lot of people know about,” Ensor said, adding that the Harlem Renaissance can be credited with great jazz music, poetry and writing.
The program was written by Akin Dabatunde and directed by Mark Lynch.
Neosho area residents had the chance to learn more about the Harlem Renaissance last night through a combination of music and theatre.
“Of Ebony Embers, Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance,” a show performed by the visiting Core Ensemble, was held at 7 p.m. in the Elsie Plaster Community Center at Crowder College.
The show featured a music trio, performing on the cello, piano and percussion, and a solo actor who explored the lives of African-American poets Langston Hughes, Claude McKay and Countee Cullen through the eyes of artist Aaron Douglas.
Robert Ensor, music instructor at Crowder College, said he first stumbled onto the show when he received an email about the program.
“It looked very interesting and I thought that it would be something that would be very educational for Crowder students,” Ensor said. “It’s theatre intermixed with music.”
The performance featured jazz classics from Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Billy Strayhorn, to name a few.
“It’s probably a subject not a lot of people know about,” Ensor said, adding that the Harlem Renaissance can be credited with great jazz music, poetry and writing.
The program was written by Akin Dabatunde and directed by Mark Lynch.
