She's the First

Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Katherine Chan, guest conductor
Hosted by singer-saxophonist-composer Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly, saxophone, voice
Synthia Pullum, soprano
Brianna Robinson, soprano

Grace Kelly Every Road I Walked
Ethel Smyth Two Interlinked French Melodies
Smyth The March of the Women
Amy Beach Two Browning Songs
Nkeiru Okoye Excerpts from “The Journey of Phillis Wheatley”
Okoye “I am Harriet Tubman”
Florence Price ‘Calvary’ from Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Francine Trester ‘Painter of Landscapes’ from Florence Comes Home
Valerie Coleman Portraits of Josephine
Kelly She’s the First

“She’s The First” concert will celebrate the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed and protected women’s constitutional right to vote. The concert, comprised entirely of music written by women, will be live streamed for free on the 100th Anniversary of the Amendment’s ratification, August 18, 2020. Boston native, singer-saxophonist-composer Grace Kelly, hosts and performs in the concert conducted by Music Director Christopher Wilkins and guest conductor Katherine Chan

https://www.landmarksorchestra.org/concerts/current-season/