"We Are All in This Together", an afternoon of poetry by Rajnii Eddins and music by Erik Nielsen celebrating the influence of African-American culture will take place on Sunday, March 17th at South Church Hall in St. Johnsbury from 2-4:30pm (including Q&A, community conversation and food!).

The concert will feature five of Vermont's finest musicians: violinist Jane Kittredge, flutist Hilary Goldblatt, woodwind specialist Dan Liptak, baritone saxophonist Kyle Saulnier and pianist Alison Cerutti, each playing a solo work written especially for them. The program will culminate in a new work written for all five musicians.

These concerts represent the result of work done during the worst of the Pandemic, when the only way musicians could perform was to play solo concerts online. As a result, most of the works on the program are for solo instruments and were written in 2020. All the pieces are tributes to Black artists and/or activists, as 2020 was also a year of racial reckoning in our country. The wonderful African-American poet Rajnii Eddins of Burlington will perform some of his works, written especially in response to the subjects of the music. They will be interwoven into the program between musical selections.

St. Johnsbury Academy will offer refreshments, fostering a relaxed atmosphere for attendees to mingle and reflect on the powerful performances.

FREE thanks to our esteemed sponsors, including Lyndon Institute Dance, Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Passumpsic Savings Bank, Kingdom Taproom and Table, St. Johnsbury Academy, Umbrella, Northern Counties Health Care, Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging, Catamount Arts, Kingdom County Productions, Northeast Kingdom Classical Series and NEK Prosper!, this event remains accessible to all, embodying the communal spirit of "We Are All in This Together".

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May 4, 2024, 9 to 11 AM