How Sweet the Sound, a full musical program created and performed by Julia Breanetta Simpson, will be performed on Sunday, February 22, from 3:00 – 4:15 pm, in the Ossie Davis Theater of the New Rochelle Public Library. Accompanied by a trio, Ms. Simpson will trace the evolution of American music through more than three centuries, from the time of slavery to the “Jazz Age”, through music and dance. The program highlights the music of such notable African-American Composers as Scott Joplin, J. Rosamond Johnson, and Billie Holiday, and includes spirituals and gospel hymns such as Go Down Moses and This Little Light of Mine. This entertaining and illuminating musical history is suitable for all ages and is free.
Julia Breanetta Simpson has appeared in regional productions of Tintypes, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dreamgirls and Death of a Salesman. Touring credits include Freedom Train, One Mo’ Time, Purlie, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and For Colored Girls…. She originated the role of Hennie in the world premiere of When the Nightingale Sings.
How Sweet the Sound is made possible by the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) and the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library.