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QueerCalendarHoliday Passport
Atlanta Freedom Bands’ 34th season begins with a globe-trotting holiday tour! Artistic Director O’Shae Best takes you on a journey through music and traditions from cultures around the globe. In one whirlwind evening, we will celebrate Solstice, Hannukah, Christmas, Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), the Lunar New Year, and more! We may even have a visit from the Krampus, but there is still time for you to get on the “nice” list!
The fabulous, award-winning TAYLOR ALXNDR will be your host and tour guide for all the musical stops we have planned. A co-founder of Southern Fried Queer Pride, TAYLOR is an underground drag drag icon and queer artist making a big splash in Atlanta and beyond. They may have been raised in the country outskirts of bustling ATL, but has been making waves and turning heads in the big city since 2011. They are the Mother of the House of ALXNDR, an Atlanta-based drag family and events hub that creates drag-centered, inclusive spaces for marginalized folks to build community.
The concert will include the first work of this year’s Student Composer Residency Program. We will welcome Georgia State student Ahmad Duncan to the program with his contemplative work “Stargazer”, the perfect accompaniment or taking in the wonders of the cosmos on a clear winter’s night.
“So Wondrous Bright” by Carol Brittin Chambers (Puerto Rican Carol)
“Jingle Them Bells” by Julie Giroux
“Spring Festival” by Chen Yi (celebrating the Lunar New Year)
“Snow on Snow” by Megan Vinther
“A Christmas Tale (Beware the Krampus)” by Randall Standridge
“A Home Alone Christmas” by John Williams
“Stargazer” by Ahmad Duncan (student composer)
“Santa’s Journey” by Roy Kaighin
“Oshogatsu” by Dennis O. Eveland (celebrating the New Year in Japani)
“Betelehemu”, arr. Michael Brown (a Nigerian carol)
“We Wish You a Mambo Christmas” by Erik Morales
“Judean Exultations” by Benjamin Roberts (a new setting for Hanukkah)
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessible spaces are available in the parking lot behind the theater. An accessible entrance is available with a flat path from the parking lot to the front of the theater. Companion seating and accessible restroom facilities are available. The standard complement of symphonic percussion will be in use. The concert will not have special effects or lighting. For accessibility questions, please email [email protected].
FREE PARKING is available along West End Ave, in a grassy lot near the theater, and in the campus parking deck (entrance on Greensferry Ave SW).
PUBLIC TRANSIT: Take MARTA to the West End Station (Red/Gold route). The new ATL Spoke automated bus service runs from the station to Morehouse College Visitor’s Center every 15 minutes. Download the Beep App to schedule your ride.
GETTING HERE“Holiday Passport” is supported in part by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding for this program is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of Fulton County Arts & Culture. This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency – the National Endowment for the Arts.
