The Chevalier Festival Concert

Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra presents the virtuoso Juilliard trained violinist of today, Ashley Horne, performing Violin Concerto Op. 5 No. 2 in A major.

The UCLA African Studies Center kicks off events celebrating its 65th anniversary with a Chevalier Festival Concert by the Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra. The concert will be held in the Lenart Auditorium in the Fowler Museum on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 3 pm. A reception will be held immediately after the concert. 

UCLA students, please contact the African Studies Center for tickets – africa@international.ucla.edu

The concert celebrates the Masterworks of Chevalier de Saint-Georges ne Joseph Bologne also known as the Mozart Noir (Black Mozart). The CHEVALIER movie most recently placed Chevalier de Saint-Georges center stage entertaining millions of movie buffs about the Virtuoso Violinist and prolific Composer for Queen Marie Antoinette. Born in 1745 in Guadelupe on a slave plantation to a Senagalese slave mother, Nanon, Chevalier rose from the humblest of beginnings to conduct the finest orchestras appointed by French royals.

Celebrate Chevalier's masterpieces with the acclaimed Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra led by Maestro Vince Womack.

Guest soloists include: Virtuoso Juilliard Trained Violinist, Ashley Horne; Arias from L'Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) with Sopranos, Dr. Britany Moore Alexander and Lettrice Lawrence; Joel Brown, Tenor; along with Shigeru Logan, Violinist, Shahid Osuna, Flutist and Janise White, Harpsichordist.

The nationally acclaimed Afro-American Chamber Orchestra specializes in symphonic works by composers of the African Diaspora presented in the Black Symphonist Concert Series.
Website: aacmsorchestra.org
This performance is supported, in part, by Third District Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the LA County Department of Arts and Culture, and the UCLA African Studies Center.

For more info, please contact the African Studies Center at 310-825-3686 or email africa@international.ucla.edu

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Information forwarded by the UCLA African Studies Center
Celebrating 65 Years of African Studies at UCLA, 1959 – 2024
“When you study Africa, you study the world”

Tickets range from $10 (students with ID); $25 (general admission); $60 (VIP seating). Free for UCLA Students with ID!
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Published: Thursday, March 21, 2024