Awadagin Pratt performed his original multimedia work "Awadagin Pratt: Black in America" with members of the Colorado Symphony and CAM faculty member Gregory Walker on October 4, 2021 in the King Center Concert Hall, located on the Auraria Campus. Carried by graphic accounts of being stopped by police for driving while black, Pratt’s performance chronicles his life from the time he was a music student in Baltimore through his ascent to international acclaim. Additionally, the performance served as an opportunity for donors to support CAM's LYNX summer camps for aspiring artists in high school.
Repertoire:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 Mvt. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach for violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, flute (Awadagin Pratt, piano/conductor; Gregory Walker, violin; Reuben Kebede, violin; Basil Vendryes, violia; Allison Drenkow, cello; Steve Metcalf, bass; Julie Duncan Thornton, flute)
Funérailles by Franz Liszt for solo piano (Awadagin Pratt)
The Quartet for the End of Time, Mvt. VIII by Olivier Messiaen (Gregory Walker, violin and Awadagin Pratt, piano)
