Cathedral Basilica's Juneteenth Celebration

On Monday, June 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., vocalist Ann Marie McPhail performs at the St. Augustine Music Festival's Juneteenth anniversary  celebration. 

Ann Marie McPhail, doctoral candidate in Voice Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi, has performed for stage and screen and is a past winner of a number of prestigious vocal competitions. She has sung with the Atlanta Opera, the Macon Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Chamber Players, and the San Francisco Opera.

She is as equally adept at singing classical music as she is in presenting her interpretations of the negro spiritual. 

The Juneteenth programs by the St. Augustine Music Festival are sponsored by the Ritz Chamber Players.

Admission: Free. For more information, vist the St. Augustine Music Festival website, here.

When: Monday, June 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, 38 Cathedral Place, St. Augustine.

Program

Performers: The Ritz Chamber Players, with special guest, Ann Marie McPhail, Soprano

• O Freedom — Traditional (acapella)
• No Mo' Auction Block for Me  — Traditional (acapella)
• Lift Every Voice and Sing
• 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5 — Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• Intermission
• John Henry
• Froggie Went a Courtin'
• No Harm
• String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary" — Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child — arranged by Maria Conley
• Soon I Will Be Done — arranged by Maria Conley
• Plenty Good Room — arranged by Maria Conley