5 Boroughs Music Festival
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Joseph Parrish
Finding an American Voice: Burleigh and Dvořák
Free. Includes museum admission
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, joined by baritone Joseph Parrish, celebrates the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer. Their collaboration, rooted in spirituals and folk music, helped shape a distinctly American sound that continues to inspire us today.
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone photo by Shervin Lainez for 5BMF
Orchestra of St Lukes Photo by Nicholas V Hall
