Date: February 6, 2027

‍Time: 6:30 PM

‍Venue: Salem Baptist Church of Abington

‍Details: Black Women Composers Initiative

Join Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director Jeri Lynne Johnson for an evening connecting music, history, and the voices of living composers.

Part of Black Pearl's Black Women Composers Initiative, the program features a world premiere by Courtney Bryan inspired by Rebecca Cox Jackson, a 19th-century Black spiritual leader with deep ties to Philadelphia. Born in 1795, Jackson shares a fascinating historical connection with Haydn's Symphony No. 102, which premiered that same year.

The evening also features a new arrangement of the Overture from Scott Joplin's Treemonisha and a newly commissioned solo violin work by Jasmine Barnes, performed by Jannina Norpoth.

On the Program

Scott Joplin – Overture from Treemonisha (new arrangement)
Jasmine Barnes – New work for solo violin, featuring Jannina Norpoth
Courtney Bryan – World premiere inspired by Rebecca Cox Jackson
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 102