Harlem Opera to Celebrate Singer, Composer, and Arranger Harry T. Burleigh

HARLEM OPERA THEATER will celebrate the life and work of baritone, composer and arranger HARRY T. BURLEIGH of over 200 songs at Miller Theater @ Columbia University (2960 Broadway)

116th Street. FRIDAY, MAY 26TH, 7:30 PM. Tickets $25.00 and can be purchased www.harlemoperatheater.org. More info 212-592-0780.

Befriended by Antonin Dvorak and influenced his work, Symphony from the New World ; in 1894; Dvorak called Go Down Moses, as great a melody as any Beethoven wrote and encouraged BURLEIGH write out and sing these songs. From 1900 to 1925 she became a soloist at ST. Georges Episcopal Church in NYC, the only African-American to sing in the synagogue choir at Temple Emanu-EL and one of Paul Robeson mentors. He was a founding member of the ASCAP and through his performances, original compositions, and arrangements of spirituals, he helped establish American Folk Music in the Concert Halls.

Led by HARLEM OPERA THEATER Artistic Director Gregory Hopkins on piano; Classical voices JASMEN REYES, CRYSTAL CHARLES, Everett Suttle, NATHANIEL E. THOMPSON will bring HARRY T. BURLEIGH outstanding art songs and spirituals to life.