Reginald Mobley sings in the premiere of ‘Songs in Flight’ in New York City

On 12th January, Reginald Mobley will join a group of other soloists in the premiere of Shawn Okpebholo’s new song cycle.

Conceived and commissioned by Sparks & Wiry Cries, Shawn Okpebholo’s new song cycle, Songs in Flight, features works that respond to selected primary source materials from Freedom on the Move (FOTM) database. The database consists of more than 30,000 “runaway ads” placed during the period of slavery and acts as written records of fugitive enslaved people.

You can catch performances of the cycle in the following venues during the next few months:

12th JANUARY - Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, NEW YORK CITY

15th JANUARY - Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, PHILADELPHIA

4th MARCH, Cornell University, ITHACA