HBCU Arts and Castle of our Skins present: Blacknificently Divine, a concert featuring artists from HBCU Arts and Castle of our Skins — including Dr. Jolie Rocke, Soprano, Avid Williams, Tenor, Inayah Raheem, Mezzo Soprano, an aluma of the Shared Voices Denyce Graves Foundation Program—performing music by the Blacknificent 7 Composer Collective — Jessie Montgomery, Damien Geter, Carlos Simon, Joel Thompson, Dave Ragland, Jasmine Barnes, Shawn Okpebholo— alongside a newly commissioned work by emerging composer Jaylin Vinson (supported through the Blacknificent 7 commissioning initiative and the American Composers Forum through a grant from America 250).

Additional performers and repertoire to be announced!

Blending chamber music, dance, poetry, visual artistry, and multidisciplinary performance, the tour highlights acclaimed artists of a melanated hue while raising support for HBCU Arts & Castle of our Skins.

Performers and Repertoire to be announced!

Blacknificently Divine Hartford Concert