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To Rise Above

  • Sawmill Creek Convention Center 400 Sawmill Creek Drive West Shinrock, OH, 44839 United States (map)

The Michael Shirtz Quartet along with vocalist Sadiyah Babatunde, narrator William Barrett, and conductor Van Parker perform the dramatic musical narrative about the life of the late Lt. Col. Harold Brown and a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. Based on the 2017 biographical memoir, Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman, this musical dramatization, written by Michael Shirtz, presents the story using the elements of jazz, narration with soloists, and an accompaniment by strings and a chorus of singers.

Earlier Event: January 19
Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff