Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
“Down by the Riverside” from Spiritual Sketches (2012)
by Damien Sneed
Traditional

Leona Mitchell, soprano
“There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place” (2014)
by Doris Mae Akers
arr. Jasmine Barnes

Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
“after Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from Songs of Death (2020)
by Tyshawn Sorey
Traditional

Leah Hawkins, soprano
“Liza” from 5 Songs for Soprano and Piano (2000)
by Peter Ashbourne
Based on a Traditional Jamaican Folk Song
Second verse lyrics by Louise Bennett

Leah Hawkins, soprano
“Nobody’s Business (But Me Own)” from 5 Songs for Soprano and Piano (2001)
by Peter Ashbourne
Based on a Traditional Jamaican Folk Song

Issachah Savage, tenor
“Prayer” from Nightsongs (1961)
by H. Leslie Adams
text by Langston Hughes

Noah Stewart, tenor
“Creole Girl” from Nightsongs (1961)
by H. Leslie Adams
text by Morgan Collins

Leona Mitchell, soprano
“O del mio amato ben” from A Love Cycle (2013)
by Marques L.A. Garrett
text by Alberto Donaudy

Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano
“My Heart to Thy Heart” (1994)
by Adolphus Hailstork
text by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Kevin Thompson, bass
“Mi amor es” (2016)
by Tania León
text by Carlos Pintado

Leah Hawkins, soprano
“One Perfect Rose” (2004)
by Stewart Goodyear
text by Dorothy Parker
World Premiere

Noah Stewart, tenor
“Condolence” (2021)
by Stewart Goodyear
text by Dorothy Parker
World Premiere Commissioned by Tulsa Opera

Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano
“State of Grace” (2017)
Music and Lyrics by Kathryn Bostic

Issachah Savage, tenor
“A Kiss on the Forehead”
by Nkeiru Okoye
lyrics by Anita Gonzalez
World Premiere

Leona Mitchell, soprano
“Inside Is What Remains” (2021)
Music and Lyrics by Nkeiru Okoye
World Premiere Commissioned by Tulsa Opera

Leah Hawkins, soprano
“Secret” (2018)
by B.E. Boykin
text by Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
“Songs for the People” (2021)
by James Lee III
text by Frances E.W. Harper
World Premiere Commissioned by Tulsa Opera

Howard Watkins, pianist
“Billie’s Song” from Portraits in Jazz (1976)
by Valerie Capers

Kevin Thompson, bass
“Il a neigé” (2004)
by David Bontemps
text by Renee Marie-Ange Jolicoeur
World Premiere

Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano
“Secret” (1997)
by David Bontemps
text by Renee Marie-Ange Jolicoeur
World Premiere

Noah Stewart, tenor
“Eclipsed World” from Confessions from a Dream (2016)
by Quinn Mason
text by James DePreist

Issachah Savage, tenor
“Is There Anybody Here?” (1983)
arr. Roland Carter
Traditional

Kevin Thompson, bass
“Oh, Freedom” (2015)
arr. Roland Carter
Traditional

Leah Hawkins, soprano
“Harlem Night Song” from Two Poems by Langston Hughes (1990)
by Andre Myers
text by Langston Hughes

Issachah Savage, tenor
“I Want to Die While You Love Me” from Miss Wheatley’s Garden (2015)
by Rosephanye Powell
text by Georgia Douglas Johnson

Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
“There are many trails of tears” from Fire Across the Tracks: Tulsa 1921 (2021)
Music by Anthony Davis
Libretto by Thulani Davis
World Premiere Commissioned by Tulsa Opera

Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano
“Prayer (Gather Up)” (2018)
by Carlos Simon
text by Langston Hughes

Leona Mitchell, soprano
“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (2000)
arr. Nolan Williams
Traditional

Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
“Sending You Light” (1993)
Music and Lyrics by Melanie DeMore

Denyce Graves & Company
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” (1905)
by J. Rosamond Johnson
text by James Weldon Johnson