Receive updates from the Harry T. Burleigh Society, as well as video recordings from our past performances.
Receive updates from the Harry T. Burleigh Society, as well as video recordings from our past performances.
"Lineage and Heritage," a concert produced by the Harry T. Burleigh Society and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, presented works by Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) and S. Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912) to foreground the friendship of these African American and African English men.
The Harry T. Burleigh Society proudly presented a musical tribute to Burleigh. Speakers provided background and context for the Negro spiritual, Burleigh's arrangements and compositions were performed, and oral history and archival material illuminated the significance of Burleigh at St. George’s Church and his influence on American musical culture.
More than the Promise of the American Myth: Rethinking Harry T. Burleigh & Ella Sheppard in the Second Gilded Age. March 2-3, 2019 | Carnegie Hall, NYC
From Song Came Symphony: Charting the Influence of Harry T. Burleigh. Our second collaboration with the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra. May 8, 2019 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYC
