Boy Breaking Glass

Celebrate Black History Month with Elevation, an all-professional, intentionally diverse vocal ensemble whose performances fuse traditional, classical choral music with jazz, Hip-Hop, R&B, storytelling, and spoken word. Elevation considers the vocal arts to be more than just singing and include the many ways the human voice is used in creative and artistic expressions.

This concert takes its name and inspiration from Gwendolyn Brooks’ searing poem, "Boy Breaking Glass," about a young Black boy who breaks a window, not out of vandalism, but as an act of protest and creation. The shattered glass becomes his art, a demand to be seen and heard in a world that has erased him. Through music that spans genres and idioms, we ask: What might it mean to build a future from the fragments? To lift every voice—not in support of the status quo, but in pursuit of justice, belonging, and joy.

Monday, February 23rd, 2026
7:00 PM ET
The Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 W 138th St, New York, NY 10030

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