Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, February 14, at 12:15 p.m., as we welcome Nigerian countertenor Andrew Chukwuka Egbuchiem to perform a program of vocal music by African and African American composers, including arrangements of Negro spirituals by a variety of composers:
- Sense you went away – Leslie Adams
- I don’t feel no ways tired – Jacqueline Hairston
- My good Lord’s done been here – Moses Hogan
- Go down Moses (spiritual) – Harry T. Burleigh
- I want Jesus to walk with me -Edward Boatner
- Oluwa l’Oluso agutun mi (The Lord is my Shepherd) – Fred Onovwerosuoke
- Calvary – Betty Jackson King
- Ezinwanne – Innocent Okechukwu
- Witness – Hall Johnson
Andrew Chukwuka Egbuchiem came into prominence as an artist in residence for the Singers of United Land Project between December 2013 and June 2014 touring through the eastern half of the United States, Kenya, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, and Latvia. Andrew made his opera debut with the Brooklyn Opera Works in 2016 under the tutelage of Lina Tetriani, performing as the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Mr. Egbuchiem has been featured in recitals in New York, New Jersey, Washington, and San Francisco among other cities. In June 2023, Andrew performed at the laureate’s gala with the New York Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. During March of this year, he will be on a recital tour of the West coast of the United States.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may view a livestream on our YouTube channel (Friends of National City Christian Church) or on our Facebook page (National City Christian Church). You may also view a recording afterwards at those same sites.