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Reflections: A World-Premiere Performance
2026-08-30 16:00 (America/New_York) | Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Avenue, Metuchen, NJ, 08840, United States
Songs by Trevor Weston, with Words and Music by Ignatius Sancho
In this concert, soprano Sonya Headlam and historical keyboardist Rebecca Cypess present the world-premiere performance of Reflections, a song cycle for voice and historical piano by New Jersey-based composer Trevor Weston. Weston’s pieces are based on excerpts from the correspondence of Ignatius Sancho, an eighteenth-century Black writer and composer who was also the first Black British person to cast a vote in an election. Sancho’s writings address topics ranging from everyday life to religion and family to the horrors of the international slave trade, and he encoded subtle antiracist messages in his music. The concert also features songs and instrumental music written by Sancho himself, as well as works by other composers and writers of African descent from the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.

2026 Kennedy Creek Old-Time Music Festival
2026-09-10 - 2026-09-13 | Kennedy Creek Resort, 3001 High Valley Road, Suches, GA, 30572, United States
The Kennedy Creek Old-Time Music Festival takes place every autumn at the Kennedy Creek Resort in Suches, Georgia. This year’s festival features workshops and performances by Corn Tippers and the Four O’Clocks.
Participants are invited to reserve cabins, yurts, or campsites, and food is available at the resort restaurant. Guest artists teach workshops, lead competitions, and present concerts, but the main event is always jamming with friends. Admission is free.
This event will be held as part of the Many Musics of America event series.
