Curtis Family Concert
Sun, Aug 30
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Join us for this exciting culmination of the Curtis Family musical workshops, where C-Fam and the Sankofa community will perform songs that celebrate Blackness, infused with the history of American Classical Music's origins.
Time & Location
Aug 30, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
The Sankofa Senior choir workshop is a vocal harmony/ensemble singing workshop. All levels of music experience are welcome. We cover proper breathing techniques, ear training, ensemble singing techniques, and interval singing, all while infusing the history of American Classical Music's origins. The workshop participants will learn and perform the following songs (with The Curtis Family on August 30th at noon at Sankofa):
1. The Sankofa theme song (Song for the Gerimas)
2. "Lift Every Voice & Sing"
3. "Summer of Love" Medley featuring songs from the Fifth Dimension and Sly and The Family Stone.