Celebrating Black Voices: The Chevalier de St. Georges – Amherstburg Freedom Museum

Celebrating Black Voices: The Chevalier de St. Georges

In Partnership with the River Bookshop, and the Amherstburg Freedom Museum Windsor, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra presents WSO concertmaster, Lillian Scheirich, brings to life a concerto by the swashbuckling 18th century composer, Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de St. Georges. Jessie Montgomery’s composition Shift, Change, Turn provides a new twist on the four seasons. Jessie is one of the most exciting new composers on the scene today. Vocalist Florine Ndimubandi sings Amazing Grace and Oscar Peterson’s 1962 Hymn to Freedom.

Featuring:
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Robert Franz, conductor
Lillian Scheirich, violin
Florine Ndimubandi, vocalist

Music Composed by:
Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de St. Georges
Jessie Montgomery
Oscar Peterson

Where: Nazrey A.M.E. Church at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum