Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

he Cleveland Orchestra will host its free, annual concert in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music today at 7 p.m. The performance will be led by The Cleveland Orchestra’s assistant conductor Daniel Reith and feature the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus, an all-volunteer community chorus directed by Dr. William Henry Caldwell. The program includes music by Black composers Florence Price and William L. Dawson, among several others, as well as Aaron Copland’s tribute to the 16th President of the United States, A Lincoln Portrait, marking 80 years since its premiere. The concert concludes with the uplifting and powerful hymn, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Although the concert is free, tickets are required. In addition, audio of the concert will be broadcast live on WCLV 90.3, WKSU 89.7.