Soul to Soul: Black Women in Music runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

 

 

SPIRITUAL & HYMNS 

SPIRITUAL MEDLEY: SONGS THAT GOT US OVER 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes 

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW  
Aisha Jackson (Joseph Joubert arrangement)  
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD 
Anastasia Talley (piano only Bonds arrangement) 

 

THE BLUES 

I’M GETTING ‘LONG ALRIGHT  
Lillias White (Isaac Harlan orchestrator)  
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes

NOW BABY OR NEVER 
Aisha de Haas (Isaac Harlan orchestrator) 

A TISKET A TASKET  
Capathia Jenkins 
 

EARLY RHYTHM AND BLUES 

SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD OF ME 
Aisha de Haas (Isaac Harlan orchestrator) 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes  

RESPECT 
Lillias White (Annastasia Victory orchestrator) 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semme 

GOSPEL WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS  
Melonie Daniels (Maurice Draughn orchestrator) 

FEMALE GROUP MEDLEY 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes 
 

THE 70’s 

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 
Aisha Jackson (Annastasia Victory orchestrator) 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes 

THIS WILL BE 
Anastasia Talley (Annastasia Victory orchestrator) 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes 

MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA 
Capathia Jenkins (Annastasia Victory orchestrator) 
Danielle Lee Graves, Nikisha Williams, Allison Semmes 

 

FINALE  

I’M EVERY WOMAN 
Full Company (Annastasia Victory orchestrator) 

MICHAEL MCELROY – Artist-in-Residence Broadway: Sunday in the Park with George (2017 revival), Disaster! (vocal arr:) Next To Normal, Rent, The Wild Party, Big River (Tony Nom), The Who’s Tommy, Street Corner Symphony (vocal arr:), Miss Saigon, Patti LuPone on Broadway, and High Roller Social Pleasure Club. New York Philharmonic: Candide. National Tour:  Next to Normal, Rent, Big River Sarafina. Michael is the Founder/Musical Director Emeritus of Broadway Inspirational Voices(BIV) www.bivoice.org. In 2019 Michael accepted his second Tony Award Honor for Excellence in the Theater on behalf of BIV from the American Theater Wing. Michael was nominated for a Grammy in 2005 for “Joy to the World” arrangement of BIV’s first holiday CD “Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas”. Michael compositions and arrangements have been performed at The Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Lincoln Center, Crystal Cathedral as well as churches and concert halls around the world. Michael received 2020 Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater Carnegie Mellon. He also received the 2022 North Campus Dean’s Martin Luther King Spirit Award and the 2022 SMTD Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award. Michael currently serves as Chair of the Department of Musical Theatre, University of Michigan

AISHA DE HAAS – Aisha de Haas was recently seen in SUFFS at The Public Theater and as Medda Larkin in the 1st National Tour of Disney’s Newsies as well as the “live-capture” movie. Broadway: Caroline Or Change; RENT; Bring In Da Noise…Funk; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Off-Broadway: Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss And What I Wore and Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show. Television and film: Madam Secretary; Shades Of Blue; Blue Bloods; Law and Order; Across The Universe; RENT the Film. Also, many appearances with symphonies and music venues in the U.S. and abroad. She is a Bistro Award winner for

AISHA JACKSON – Aisha Jackson is honored to share the stage with these amazing, legendary women! Broadway credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Waitress (OBC), Paradise Square (OBC), and Frozen (OBC), where she made history as the first Black Anna on Broadway! Aisha is committed to creating more roles on Broadway for Black women to lead and shine bright because representation matters. Luke 1:37

CAPATHIA JENKINS – Currently she is enjoying a busy concert schedule with symphony orchestras in the US and Abroad. Broadway credits include Newsies, Martin Short Fame Becomes Me, Caroline,or Change Off Broadway she is a Drama Desk Nominee for mis Understanding Mammy The Hattie McDaniel Story. TV credits include The Wiz Live, 30Rock Film : Musical Chairs. Her latest single, I am Strong can be heard wherever you stream.

DANIELLE LEE GREAVES – Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire, Rent, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard, Show Boat. National Tours: Once on this Island, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Lion King, Rent. Regional: Show Way, Mama Mia, Sweat, The Crucible, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Fences, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, All Shook Up, Ethel Waters – His Eye is on the Sparrow, Caroline, or Change, Working. Film: Reddy Records, Cubby, Growing Up (And Other Lies). Television: The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, The Affair, The Americans, Elementary, Brain Dead, Show Me A Hero, Nurse Jackie, Smash, The Big C, Rescue Me, Damages, Whoopi, 100 Centre Street.

PHYLICIA RASHAD – An accomplished actress and stage director, became a household name when she portrayed ‘Claire Huxtable’ on The Cosby Show, a character whose enduring appeal has earned numerous awards and honors for over two decades. Film and television credits include: Jingle Jangle, Pixar’s Soul and Black Box, A Fall From Grace, Creed and Creed II, For Colored Girls; This is Us (three Emmy nominations), David Makes Man, and Empire. Inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2016, Ms. Rashad received Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her performances as ‘Faye’ in Skeleton Crew and ‘Lena Younger’ in A Raisin in the Sun, the Lucille Lortel Award for her performance as ‘Shelah’ in Head of Passes, and a Tony nomination for her portrayal of ‘Aunt Ester’ in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. Ms. Rashad has directed plays by Pearl Cleage ( Blues For An Alabama Sky), August Wilson ( Gem of the Ocean, Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), Stephen Adly Guirgis, ( Our Lady of 121st Street) and Paul Oakley Stovall (Immediate Family) at prestigious regional and 0ff-Broadway Theaters. Rashad, who serves as Co-Chair of the Advisory Council for the African American Cultural Heritage Fund, is currently Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University.

ANASTASIA TALLEY – Anastasia Talley is currently making her return to Broadway in MJ The Musical! She recently made her Broadway debut in Girl From The North Country. Her NYC credits include Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular and Public Works’ Hercules. She is also a proud member of Broadway Inspirational Voices. Education: MM (Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music), BME (University of Southern MS). Talley is also a singer/songwriter, and her debut single “Hello” is available on iTunes and Spotify. Instagram: anastasiatalley_

ANNASTASIA VICTORY –  Is an internationally-acclaimed pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator and recording artist. Select TV/Film credits include: Live from Lincoln Center: Stars in Concert feat. Cynthia Erivo; “3 Mo’ Divas,” NAACP Image Award Nominee; Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, Bessie Award Nominee; Late Night With Seth Meyers with Caroline, or Change. Select Broadway credits: Caroline, or Change; MJ The Musical; Once on This Island; Tina Turner; The Color Purple; Mean Girls; Violet; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Billy Elliot; American In Paris; Jersey Boys. Awards: 2020 Broadway World Winner “Music Director Of The Decade” for A Wonderful World; The Canales Project “Hear Her Song” Initiative in dedication of Hillary Clinton; “I’m Still Here” NY Public Library Commission. Music available on all platforms www.AnnastasiaVictory.com

LILLIAS WHITE – Lillias White made her Broadway debut in Barnum. She has also appeared on Broadway in Cats, Carrie, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Chicago and FELA! (Tony nomination). For her role in Cy Coleman’s The Life, she won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award and the Tony Award (Best Featured Actress In A Musical). She also appeared in concert at the Kennedy Center, Jazz@Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center, and many times at Carnegie Hall. White’s television appearances include a regular role on “Sesame Street” (for which she won and Emmy Award), “Gotham,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order,” and the recurring role of Fat Annie on the NETFLIX show, The Get Down. Her screen credits include The Lead Muse in Disney’s animated feature, “Hercules,” “Anastasia,” and more.

NIKISHA WILLIAMS – Is originally from Mobile, Alabama. She holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting and a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from The University of Southern Mississippi. Williams also spent three years as Director of Choirs at White Station High School in Memphis, TN where she received the Outstanding Young Music Educator award. Her Regional Theater credits include: The Color Purple; Memphis; Hairspray. Broadway touring credits include: The Color Purple(Swing/Celie U/S); Hamilton(Ensemble/Schuyler Sisters U/S).