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Thank you from Oklahoma Composer, Glenn Edward Burleigh,
A few weeks ago it was my honor to have presented two major concerts for our Centennial Celebration. The first was the 37th annual Festival of Spirituals on April 1st sponsored by the Cimarron Circuit Opera Company headed by Erica Thomas and founded by the late Thomas and Carol Brice Carey. The second, held on Good Friday at Rose State College, was a presentation of my cantata “Born To Die”, masterfully performed by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Ambassador’s Concert Choir, founded by its Music Director, Kenneth Kilgore.
My sincerest thanks goes to Erica Thomas; Sandra Thompson (for your masterful conducting); Patti Drennan and the First Baptist Church; Dr. Steven Curtis and the OU Concert Choir; Mr. Anderson Harrison and the OU Gospel Choir; Brenda Johnson and the Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church and members of Quayle United Methodist Church. Guest soloists were Soprano Brenda Wimberly of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Bass-Baritone Dorceal Duckens from Houston, Texas. They were joined by Pennsylvania Tenor, Gordon Kaslusky for “Born To Die” making some of the most glorious music I have heard as a composer. I am especially grateful and quite proud of the fact that I am an Oklahoma born and educated musician (OU and OCU) and that I could conduct former classmates, professors and new friends in some of my works.
We are profoundly grateful to Mr. Richard Sias for years of financial support and to those in attendance who gave such overwhelming support for both concerts. Thanks be to God for giving me this music to share with my state and with the world.
Oklahoma, You’re “OK”
Sincerely,
Glenn Edward Burleigh, Composer
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