Voices: Reflections on an American Icon
Through Words and Song Event
Sunday, February 17, 2008 | 2:00pm
National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard
Join us this Sunday, February 17 at 2:00pm in the National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard for a free performance featuring highlights from this year's MLK Tribute with singers from the Choral Arts Society and the 2008 Tribute Choir. The brief performance will be followed by a signing of the new book/CD set entitled Voices: Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song in the museum's book store by MLK Tribute Co-Music Directors Norman Scribner and Linda Edge Gatling. No reservations are required. Click here for complete information.
More information on the Voices publication:
Featuring music from the last 19 years of our Annual Choral Tributes, this new book and CD set from Dalmatian Press celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The set will be available for sale in the museum book store, and is also available online at www.mlkvoices.com or www.amazon.com. Individual CDs are available exclusively through Choral Arts on our website or by calling 202.244.3669.
Now in its 20th year, the Annual Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has come to be one of the Choral Arts Society’s most beloved concerts of the season. The concert, which takes place in the concert hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, was originally organized by the society and its artistic director, Norman Scribner, to commemorate Dr. King’s life in the year following his assassination. In 1989, the year in which the US instituted the MLK holiday, CASW presented its first annual tribute.
The Tribute unifies individuals from all parts of the community to honor Dr. King's ideals of non-violence, racial equality and peace. This concert has a low admission fee of 20 dollars to stimulate broad and diverse participation from the metropolitan area. More than 250 complimentary tickets are provided annually to youth organizations, homeless shelters, mentor organizations and D.C. public schools. In addition, more than 50,000 Washingtonians hear the performance broadcast on WETA-FM on the day of the National Holiday.
Click here to learn about our new MLK Teacher's Guide
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 Community Ticket Request form
 MLK Study Guide
Click here to view the 2008 "Where Do We Go From Here?" contest Essay and Poem winners:
Division 2 winner, Division 3 winner, Division 4 winner
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Click here to view the 2007 "I Still Believe" Contest
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