Imani Winds with cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Cory Smythe, and actor Michael Braugher '14

The Oberlin-alumni founded woodwind quintet Imani Winds collaborates with cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Cory Smythe, and actor Michael Braugher '14 in a program anchored by Jeff Scott’s Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers, which tells the stories of four Michiganders who were sentenced to life without parole as juveniles. 

Text for the work features poetry by Robert Laidler based on the lived experiences of the four men, now in their 40s and 50s, who were handed mandatory sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole while in their teens, and released only after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional. 

There will be a preconcert panel discussion beginning at 6:45 p.m. in Warner Concert Hall.  

In-Person Only. Free admission. No tickets required.

Program:
Damien Geter I Said What I Said

Carlos Simon Giants
   Bessie Smith
   Cornel West
   Herbie Hancock

Andy Akiho BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging

Billy Taylor I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Jeff Scott Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers

Imani Winds
Brandon Patrick George '08, flute
*Mekhi Gladden, guest oboe
Kevin Newton, horn
Mark Dover, clarinet
Monica Ellis '95, bassoon

*personnel for this program

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