If you live in the vicinity of Winter Park, Florida, I’m taking part tonight in a performance of excerpts from Duke Ellington’s sacred concerts that will be presented by John Sinclair, Chuck Archard, and a chorus and big band put together by Rollins College’s Department of Music. In addition to supplying the narration, I’ll be speaking about Ellington’s religious beliefs and the history of his three full-evening sacred concerts, which were premiered in 1965, 1968, and 1973.
The performance kicks off at 7:30 at Winter Park’s First Congregational Church, 225 S. Interlachen Ave. For more information, go here.