Over My Head, I Hear Music in the Air

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Wise Reagon Arts & Strathmore Present

Over My Head, 
I Hear Music in the Air

A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Bernice Johnson Reagon

Featuring

Toshi Reagon

and special guests

Lizz Wright
Terri Lyne Carrington
Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Marie Tatti Aqeel

The Vinsons

Ariel Horowitz

Jessica Johnson

The Original SNCC Freedom Singers: Rutha Mae Harris and Charles Neblett

The Sacred Sound featuring...

Carla Duren, Morley, Josette Newsam, Jason Walker, Bobby Burke, Fred Cash, Kim Jordan, and Adam Widoff

The Music Center

Fri, May 16, 2025 | 8pm

$28 – $78

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Bernice Johnson Reagon Wearing A Purple Tunic

An Evening of Reflection and Congregation

Singers, scholars, poets, and creatives across the spectrum of life come together to celebrate the journey and work of Bernice Johnson Reagon. Curated by Toshi Reagon.

Photo courtesy of Roland Freeman.

Thank you WPFW 89.3FM for being a media sponsor for this event.

American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this performance. Tickets for our ASL section are available online in the front left orchestra or by calling our Ticket Office at 301.581.5100.

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About Bernice Johnson Reagon

For more than a half-century Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice; singing, teaching—speaking out against racism and organized inequities of all kinds. A child of Southwest Georgia, an African American woman’s voice, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. Reagon’s life and work supports the concept of community based culture with an enlarged capacity for mutual respect: for self, for those who move among us who seem to be different than us, respect and care for our home, the environment— including the planet that sustains life as we know it.

Learn more at bernicejohnsonreagon.com

Bernice Johnson Reagon Wearing A Head Kerchief And Looking Upward

Community Access Tickets

Strathmore is committed to ensuring that all of our programs are accessible to the whole community. For this performance, we are pleased to be able to offer a number of complimentary community tickets to those who need them.

If you are able to pay full price for your tickets, we thank you for doing so. Your purchase makes it possible for us to offer community access tickets to those who would not be able to participate without them.

To request complimentary tickets, please call the Ticket Office at 301.581.5100.