Known for a ‘luscious voice with incredible richness and clarity’ soprano, Alison Buchanan has been regaling audiences around the world with her versatility, ‘great dramatic flair’, musicality and ‘depth of emotion’.

The Ritz Chamber Players, founded in 2002, is a group of African-American musicians dedicated to the exploration of the black heritage in classical music. Beyond the obvious jazz influences, few are familiar with the many composers who studied classical composition and contributed to the growth of an art form almost entirely identified with white creativity.

Songs of Love and Justice – Adolphus Hailstork (On texts of Rev. Martin Lither King Jr)

I)      Justice

II)      Difficulties

III)      Decisions

IV)      Love

Three Dream Portraits  –  Margaret Bonds (Langston Hughes)

I)        Minstrel Man

II)       Dream Variations

III)       I, Too

The census man        Langston Hughes

Freedom Spirituals

I)          Free at Last       arr. Julia Perry

II)          I want Jesus to walk with me      arr.  Edward Boatner

III)         Don’t you let nobody turn you round        arr.  Lena J. McLin

Alison Harding & the Ritz Chamber Players:

After the Wailing    Jonathan Bailey Holland

I)    Design

II)   Out of the Wailing

III)   Echoes