Pre-show for “Jubilation in My Soul”

Seattle Peace Chorus is pleased to present these videos associated with our production of Jubilation in My Soul.

Josephine Baker: Macron’s Pantheon Speech

Since Kent Stevenson’s composition “‘Fantastique’ Josephine!” celebrates the life of Josephine Baker, we asked Liz Douthitt Sharp to create and produce a video that gives more details about Josephine Baker’s exemplary life. Liz based this presentation on President Emanuel Macron’s speech when Josephine Baker was inducted into the French Pantheon on 30 November 2021.

Making Something New

We hope you enjoy this production of Kent Stevenson’s composition, “Making Something New,” part of Jubilation in My Soul, celebrating Black inventors throughout U.S. history, whose ingenuity, creativity, and perseverance inspire us all today.

Credits

  • Composition: Kent Stevenson
  • Piano accompaniment: Kent Stevenson
  • Director and executive producer: Frederick N. West
  • Audio and video engineering, and image curation: Doug Balcom
  • Soprano 1: Martha Baskin, Miriam Blau, Julie Eriksen, Emily Leslie, Mary Wilson
  • Soprano 2: Paula Eisenrich, Claire Hornacek, Nikki Nichols, Rosalyn Schiller
  • Alto: Donna Austin, Lila Henderson, Sue Hurley Rector, Sherry Tuinstra-Rosales, Wendy Zieve
  • Tenor: Doug Balcom, Jeff Carter, Sylvain Slaton
  • Bass: Stephen Ernst, Ted Hunter, Wakil Matthews, Dale Rector, Tom Sharp, Straton Spyropoulos