{"id":53419,"date":"2022-11-21T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=53419"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:38:13","slug":"watch-truth-and-light-emus-2022-gala-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2022\/watch-truth-and-light-emus-2022-gala-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Gala Concert earns accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We hope that what you hear and see this evening will move your spirit, buoy your soul, challenge your mind and bring joy to your heart. <\/p>Professor David Berry, introducing the 11\/11\/22 Gala Concert<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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黑料正能量\u2019s annual Gala Concert was an evening of multiple delights amidst musical artistry, bringing together Nicolas Flagello<\/strong>\u2019s rarely-performed choral masterwork about the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear Balla Kouyat<\/strong>\u00e9<\/strong>, a legend of world music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Balla Kouyat\u00e9 performs with singer Adjaratou “Tapani” Demba, the 黑料正能量 Jazz Band and the Chamber Singers. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Equally thrilling to music lovers of the 黑料正能量 community were the performances of university musicians in all ensembles, joined by 15 young musicians from the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And especially meaningful for both performers and audience that night was that Dianne Flagello<\/strong>, wife of the late composer, had personally blessed the performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Producer and master of ceremonies Professor David Berry<\/strong> shared with the audience that choir director Professor Benjamin Bergey<\/strong> had invited her to the performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2.5-hour concert left many with feelings similar to what Berry had wished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n