Artist Recital

Recital: Black Excellence in Music

September 11–14, 2024

Various Locations

In person

Enjoy a performance of spirituals, jazz, musical theater, and opera with cast members of Jubilee and The 5th Avenue Theatre production of After Midnight. This collaboration will feature the dazzling talents of Sarah Joyce Cooper, Darren Drone, Yusef Seevers, and Porscha Shaw accompanied by pianist Kyle P. Walker at several community venues, including The Opera Center and the Federal Way Library.

Upcoming Dates

Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Federal Way Library | 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
Free with RSVP requested.

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Past Recital Dates

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Opera Center | 363 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Tickets: Pay What You Wish with no minimum requirement.

Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Black & Tan Hall | 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Free with RSVP requested.

Friday, September 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Midtown Square Public Plaza | 2301 E Union Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Free with RSVP requested.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:30 PM

Tagney Jones Hall at the Opera Center Tickets: Pay What You Wish

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Add to Calendar 9/11/2024 7:30:00 PM 9/11/2024 7:30:00 PM America/Vancouver Recital: Black Excellence in Music Enjoy a performance of spirituals, jazz, musical theater, and opera with cast members of Jubilee and The 5th Avenue Theatre production of After Midnight. Tagney Jones Hall at the Opera Center Tickets: Pay What You Wish

Thursday, September 12, 2024 7:30 PM

Black & Tan Hall | 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 Free with RSVP requested.

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Add to Calendar 9/12/2024 7:30:00 PM 9/12/2024 7:30:00 PM America/Vancouver Recital: Black Excellence in Music Enjoy a performance of spirituals, jazz, musical theater, and opera with cast members of Jubilee and The 5th Avenue Theatre production of After Midnight. Black & Tan Hall | 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 Free with RSVP requested.

Friday, September 13, 2024 6:00 PM

Midtown Square Public Plaza | 2301 E Union Street, Seattle, WA 98122 Free with RSVP requested.

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Add to Calendar 9/13/2024 6:00:00 PM 9/13/2024 6:00:00 PM America/Vancouver Recital: Black Excellence in Music Enjoy a performance of spirituals, jazz, musical theater, and opera with cast members of Jubilee and The 5th Avenue Theatre production of After Midnight. Midtown Square Public Plaza | 2301 E Union Street, Seattle, WA 98122 Free with RSVP requested.

Saturday, September 14, 2024 1:00 PM

Federal Way Library | 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003 Free with RSVP requested.

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Add to Calendar 9/14/2024 1:00:00 PM 9/14/2024 1:00:00 PM America/Vancouver Recital: Black Excellence in Music Enjoy a performance of spirituals, jazz, musical theater, and opera with cast members of Jubilee and The 5th Avenue Theatre production of After Midnight. Federal Way Library | 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003 Free with RSVP requested.

Artists

Sarah Joyce Cooper
Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Minnie Tate, Jubilee
Hometown: New York, NY
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Soloist, Magnificat (Carnegie Hall); Soloist, Mass in Blue (Harvard Radcliffe Chorus); Soloist, Embracing Coretta (New England Conservatory); Clorinda, La Cenerentola (Tri-Cities Opera, Syracuse Opera); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (Boston Lyric Opera); Clotilde, Norma (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra)

Darren Drone
Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Edmund Watkins, Jubilee
Hometown: Sherwood, AR
Seattle Opera Debut: Baron Douphol, La traviata (’23)
Engagements: Adult James/Foreman, Fire Shut Up in My Bones (The Metropolitan Opera); Belcore, L'elisir d'amore (Florentine Opera Company); Marcello, La bohème (Glimmerglass Festival); Falstaff, Falstaff (Portland Opera); Alfio, Cavalleria rusticana (Utah Opera); Germont, La traviata (Berkshire Opera Festival)

Yusef Seevers (he/they) is a recent transplant to Seattle and thrilled to be participating in this tour with the Seattle Opera. Sharing joy and love of music is truly what makes his heart and soul happy. He is a Detroit native who holds an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University and BFA in Musical Theatre from Santa Fe University.
Select credits: Sweeney Todd at The 5th Avenue Theatre (Sweeney T.); Last Drive to Dodge—World Premiere (Prophet); Shakespeare in Love (Will Shakespeare); The Agitators (Frederick Douglass); Angels in America (Belize); Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II); As You Like It (Orlando); The Little Mermaid (Sebastian); Tartuffe (Orgon)
More at: @blackbassclef, www.yusefseevers.com.

Porscha Shaw (she/they) is an MFA Graduate of the University of Washington. As a legally blind artist, Shaw is always honored to collaborate and cultivate community wherever she is invited to create!
Select credits: Something's Afoot; Sweeney Todd; Into the Woods; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Shout, Sister, Shout!; Nina Simone: Four Women; Richard III; The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion; Marisol

Kyle P. Walker
Pianist
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pianist, Lucidity
Hometown: New York, NY
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Soloist with Harlem Chamber Players (The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture); Solo Piano Showcase (2023 SXSW Music Festival); Soloist with Artists By Any Other Name (Adelaide Town Hall (Australia)); Soloist and Chamber Musician (The Metropolitan Museum of Art); Soloist and Chamber Musician (The Dream Unfinished)

Presented in partnership with:

The Fifth Avenue Theatre