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MUSIC
I had the profound honor of crafting the orchestral arrangement for Coco Jones’ breathtaking performance of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the pre game show of Super Bowl LX. Seeing this iconic song performed on such a grand stage was an inspiration, and I’m deeply grateful to be part of this moment in history.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Coco Jones Performs the Arrangement
HISTORY OF THE SONG
Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music for the lyrics.
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written at a crucial time in American history, when Jim Crow was replacing slavery, and African-Americans were searching for an identity of their own. Author and activist James Weldon Johnson wrote the words as a poem, which his brother John Rosamond Johnson then set to music.
ORCHESTRA ARRANGEMENTS
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