Christmas Unsung: Voices From The Margins

The Houston Ebony Music Society, Inc. presents the Houston Ebony Opera Guild in concert at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. CHRISTMAS UNSUNG: VOICES FROM THE MARGINS will feature works by Stacy Gibbs, Adolphus Hailstork, David McKay, Jeffrey Ames, Kitty Fadiu-Deen, Arvo Part, and others, including “The Ballad of the Brown King” by Margaret Bonds. This piece was composed in 1954 focuses on the dark-skinned Balthazar of the Three Kings, who traveled to Bethlehem to witness the birth of Jesus Christ. These works can often remind us of what we miss when voices are often left unheard.