Damien Geter's An African American Requiem

An African American Requiem
January 18, 2026

Doors: 1:30 PM
Start Time: 3:00 PM

In composing his epic, moving Requiem, Damien Geter was inspired by those composed earlier by Mozart, Berlioz, Brahms, and especially Verdi. Within the traditional Latin text, Geter’s Requiem weaves the words of victims of lynching and of those who dared speak out. “A Requiem memorializes a person,” Geter has stated. “We need to memorialize these folks in some way, to keep their names alive. And this is the way I choose to honor them.”

Kazem Abdullah, conductor
Brandie Sutton, soprano
Melody Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Kenneth Overton, baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus

Damien Geter
An African American Requiem

Free pre-concert talk at 2:00pm.

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