Organization

New York Opera Fest

Bass-baritone

Kenneth Overton

Pianist

Kevin J. Miller

Co-producer

Narrator

Eric K Washington

Costume designer

Jessica Jahn

Azalea Fairley

Ryan McKinny

Tonya McKinny

Eric Einhorn

On Site Opera

Keep the Music Going

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The Road We Came

New York City

United States

PERFORMANCE and TICKETING INFORMATION

All tours will be available to purchase and experience at any time between May 1- July 31, 2021.

Individual tours will be available for $60 each, or all three for $165 and available for purchase https://osopera.org/productions/theroadwecame/

The Lower Manhattan Tour (approx. 90 min) will begin at the African Burial Ground National Monument at the corner of Duane Street and Elk Street, and end at the Former Colored School No. 4, located at 128 W 17th Street. The African Burial Ground National Monument is accessible by the 4, 5 and 6 trains to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall, the N, R, W to City Hall, and the A, C and 1, 2, 3 trains to Chambers Street.

The Midtown Tour (approx. 90 min) will begin at St. Benedict the Moor Church at 342 W 53rd St, and end at the site of the Silent Protest Parade of 1917 at the corner of 5th Ave and E 57th St. St. Benedict the Moor Church is accessible by the A, C, E, 1 and 2 trains to 50th Street, B, D, and E trains to 7th Avenue, 1, 2, A, B, C and D trains to 59th Street/Columbus Circle, and the N, Q, R and W trains to 57th Street.

The Harlem Tour (approx. 90 min) will begin at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 515 Malcolm X Blvd, and end at the James Williams House at 226 W 138th St. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is accessible by the A, B, C, 2 and 3 trains to W135th Street.

All tours will be accessible through the PocketSights app with a link provided at checkout.

The Road We Came: Concert Various

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On Site Opera presents THE ROAD WE CAMEThree musical walking tours exploring African Americans & Black music history in New York CityMay-July 2021Kenneth Ove...

THE ROAD WE CAME

THREE MUSICAL WALKING TOURS EXPLORING AFRICAN AMERICANS AND BLACK MUSIC HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY

Musical performances by acclaimed baritone Kenneth Overton and pianist Kevin J. Miller
Historical narrative written and performed by award-winning author Eric K. Washington
Featuring world premiere arrangements by James Davis Jr. and Damien Geter. 

On Site Opera once again re-defined the immersive and site-specific experience in Spring 2021 with The Road We Came, a new opera- and song-based project that explored the composers, musicians and places that define the rich Black history of New York City through a series of self-guided, musical walking tours. Celebrating a collection of never-recorded and seemingly lost classical compositions by Black composers, The Road We Came used filmed musical performances and spoken narration to connect audiences to the musical timeline of Harlem, Midtown/Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan. From the home and texts of the prolific poet Langston Hughes, to Lincoln Center, to the African Burial Ground National Monument, and beyond, The Road We Came opened windows to the past and re-framed the present. The Road We Came was a multi-media collaboration between On Site Opera, Ryan & Tonya McKinny’s Keep the Music Going Productions, award-winning biographer and Harlem historian Eric K. Washington, and critically acclaimed baritone, Kenneth Overton, who was the featured soloist of the tours.

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