Photo by Masahiro Sugano

Curated Performances

Feb 11, 2024 “Piano Music of the African Diaspora,” Plymouth Church, Seattle, WA. Featuring pianist Dr. William Chapman Nyaho

Music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Robert Kwami, Fred Onovwerosuoke, Joshua Uzoigwe, Oswald Russell, Hale Smith and Margaret Bonds 

Apr 6, 2023 “Organ Recital and Hymn Sing,” Plymouth Church, Seattle, WA. Featuring organist James Parrish Smith

Music by J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Fela Sowande and Sharon J. Willis

Apr 4, 2023 “From His Heart's Deep Core: The Music of Richard Thompson and Others Inspired by the Life and Writing of Paul Laurence Dunbar,” Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA. Featuring soprano Ellaina Lewis, tenor Martin Bakari and pianist Joe Williams 

Music by David Baker, Florence Price,  Daniel Schnyder, Richard Thompson and Steve Wallace

Feb 17, 2022 “Women, Words, and Wisdom: Songs by Black Female Composers,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. Featuring vocalists Audra Scott, Karen Slack, Veronica Williams, Jasmine Barnes and pianist Joe Williams 

Nov 6, 2022 “Lord, I’ll go,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring countertenor Dr. Darryl Taylor, pianists Joe Williams and Dr. Gwynne Brown 

Music by H. Leslie Adams, Maria Thompson Corley, Jacqueline B. Hairston, Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. Lori Laitman, Robert Owens and Joe Williams 

Oct 2, 2022 “Pepperpot,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring pianists Dr. William Chapman Nyaho and Dr. Susanna Garcia 

Music by Eleanor Alberga, George Gershwin/Percy Grainger, Thomas Kerr, Astor Piazzolla and Martin Scherzinger

Sep 4, 2022 “Strings Across Time and Space,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring koto ensemble Oregon Koto-Kai

Music by Shin Miyashita, Hikaru Sawai and Tadao Sawai

Aug 7, 2022 “Heritage,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring trombonist Dr. Martin McCain & pianist Dr. Artina McCain 

Music by Margaret Bonds, Carolina Calvache, James Kazik, Florence Price, David F. Wilborn and Marcus Wilcher

July 3, 2022 “Mountain Sounds,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring violinist Gayane Grigoryan and pianist Joe Williams 

Music by Arno Babadjanian, Edvard Baghdasaryan, Gayane Chebotaryan, Tigran Hamasyan, Alan Hovhaness, Aram Khachaturian, Komitas, Mary Kouyoumdjian

June 5, 2022 “Inner Songs,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring soprano Elaina Lewis, pianists Joe Williams and Calder Failla

Music by H. Leslie Adams, Florence Price, Del'Shawn Taylor and Richard Thompson 

May 1, 2022 “Family Affair,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring violinist Dr. Gregory T. S. Walker and pianist Lori Walker  

Music by Miles Davis, Irene Britton Smith, George Walker and Gregory T. S. Walker

Apr 10, 2022 “Malikmata,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring pianist Dr. Ross Salvosa

Music by Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Molina, Lucio San Pedro, Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti and Ramon Tapales

Aug 22, 2021 “Music of Black Composers,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring pianist Kim Davenport and flutist Drew Shipman 

Music by Jasmine Barnes, Margaret Bonds, R. Nathaniel Dett, Adolphus Hailstork, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Chevalier de Saint-George, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

July 25, 2021 “Music of Black and Jewish Composers,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring cellist Chava Appiah and pianist Joe Williams 

Music by Ernest Bloch, Maria Thompson Corley, Osvaldo Golijov and George Walker

Dec 8, 2019 “Sonatas, Suites and Songs by Black Composers,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring violinist Dr. Quinton Morris and pianist/harpsichordist Joe Williams

Music by Florence Price/Quinton Morris, Chevalier de Saint-George and William Grant Still

Nov 24, 2019 “Harp Music from Latin America & France,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring harpist Adán Vásquez and pianist Joe Williams 

Oct 13, 2019 “Chamber works of Deborah J. Anderson,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring composer Deborah J. Anderson

Sep 8, 2019 “Vocal music by Women Composers,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring soprano Ibidunni Ojikutu & pianist Joe Williams

Music by Libby Larsen, Nailah Nombeko, Florence Price and Nina Simone 

Aug 11, 2019 “Piano Music by Iranian, German and American Composers,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA. Featuring pianist Dr. Farshad Zadeh 

Music by Amy Beach, Vahid Jahandari, Farid Omran, Gity Razaz, Clara Schumann and George Walker

Mar 17 - May 5, 2024 “Portrait: A Tribute to Women in History,” Plymouth Church, Seattle, WA

Solo exhibition (acrylic) featuring painter Joey M. Robinson  

Oct 1 - Nov 17, 2023 “Art of Survival,” Plymouth Church, Seattle, WA

Solo exhibition (oil painting) featuring painter Laurie Davenport

Aug 12 - Sep 16, 2022 “Rainbows to the Anthropocene,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (oil painting) featuring painter Travis Frazelle

July 3 - July 20, 2022 “Summer,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Group exhibition (sculpture, watercolor and oil painting) featuring Gegham Abrahamyan, Tsovinar Muradyan, Armen Ghazaryan, Marine Zuloyan and violinist Gayane Grigoryan

June 24 - Aug 5, 2022 “Coyote Rising from the Ashes,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (indigenous folk art) featuring Coyote AKA John Halliday 

May 6 - June 17, 2022 “One Wilderness,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA 

Solo exhibition (botanical watercolor) featuring Jennifer Vonholstein 

Aug 22, 2021 “Paintings inspired by Adolphus Hailstork’s Piano Suite Wounded Children” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (oil painting) featuring painter Laurie Davenport and pianist Kim Davenport

Nov 24, 2019 “Goddess of Power,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (acrylic painting) featuring Periko the Artist, AKA Gerardo Peña

Dec 8, 2019 “Black male gaze,” Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (oil painting) featuring barry johnson 

Oct 13, 2019 “Dreamscape IV,”  Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

Solo exhibition (acrylic & oil painting) featuring painter Erika Ray and composer Deborah J. Anderson