Using Mary D. Watkins’ captivating opera, Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story (2009) as its foundation, this singalong score will introduce choruses to a heroine of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the rich musical world of a contemporary African-American composer.
In association with WomenArts, the West Village Chorale and the Pioneer Valley Symphony, Tianhui Ng has developed this selection of seven excerpts from the opera, which is based on the life of the civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, who played a key role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Please note that you can purchase a download-only version of the score or a download-plus-print version. If you order either version, you should receive an email with the download link with an hour of your purchase. If you order the download-plus-print version, the printed versions will be mailed from South Hadley, MA and we will notify you when the item has been shipped. The price of the download-plus-print version includes the shipping and handling costs for the printed score. Sales taxes will be added during the checkout process to all purchases.
You can find free practice materials to help you learn the music on Tianhui Ng’s website.