JMM.86019
Commissioned by the Virginia Arts Festival for the 50th Anniversary of Dance Theatre of Harlem and for the 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution
PROGRAM NOTE
Passage offers a moving reflection on the fortitude of the human spirit, created in recognition of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.
OTHER VERSION
A version of Passage exists in its original instrumentation for flute, clarinet, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass.