The African Burial Ground National Monument, at the southwest corner of Duane Street and Elk Street, memorializes the burial place of approximately 15,000 Africans, both enslaved and free, during the 17th and 18th centuries. Washington, and critically acclaimed baritone, Kenneth Overton, who was the featured soloist of the tours. The Road We Came is a multi-media collaboration between On Site Opera, Ryan & Tonya McKinny’s Keep the Music Going Productions, award-winning biographer and Harlem historian Eric K.
From the home and texts of the prolific poet Langston Hughes, to Lincoln Center, to the African Burial Ground National Monument, and beyond, The Road We Came opens windows to the past and re-frames the present.
TAPLY COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL CANADA SERIES
The Road We Came is a new opera- and song-based project that explores the composers, musicians and places that define the rich Black history of New York City through a series of self-guided, musical walking tours.Ĭelebrating a collection of never-recorded and seemingly lost classical compositions by Black composers, The Road We Came uses filmed musical performances and spoken narration to connect audiences to the musical timeline of Harlem, Midtown/Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan. Scroll down for commentary on each video by historian Eric K.
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