I made my debut with the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra as a guest artist for the Tribute to MLK, Jr concerts. The first concert was held on January 14th at the iMPAC in Gulf Port, MS. The second concert was held on January 15th at the Pascagoula PAC in Pascagoula, MS. I performed three Spirituals: My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (arr. Price/Curry), Jesus Lay Your Head in the Window (arr. Hale Smith) and Ride On, King Jesus (arr. Dawson/Curry).
Jianing (Jenny) Ling, DMA Chamber Recital, Guest Artist. I collaborated with pianist Jianing Ling (DMA student of Dr. Kevin Chance) to perform three art songs by 20th Century Italian composer Franco Alfano on her Chamber Music Recital. Moody Recital Hall, School of Music, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL April 2022
Meridian Symphony debut as the soloist and narrator for Three Cornered Hat by Maneul de Falla
On Whose Shoulders We Stand: Honoring the Legacies of Marian Anderson, Grace Bumbry & Shirley Verrett. Guest Artist Recital, Pamplin Department of Music, Augusta University, Augusta, GA March 2022
Dr. Julia Brock asked me to research and program music for “Down by the Riverside” an art installation created by artist Tony Bingham as part of the Flow Tuscaloosa Project supported by the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative. Dr. Alexis Davis-Hazell, Earl Hazell (arranged two of the spirituals) and I recorded three spirituals that focus on Baptism and water to support “Down by the Riverside.” Paul Jones Gallery Museum Gallery, June 2022
Research for this recital was supported by funding from the Alabama State Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative. This voice and digital recital program briefly document the extraordinary careers of African American opera singers: Grace Bumbry, Shirly Verrett, and Marian Anderson, the first African American to perform a principal role at the Metropolitan Opera. The recital featured arias, duets and solo piano arrangements from operatic works performed on the historic recital presented by Bumbry and Verrett at Carnegie Hall in celebration of Anderson’s 80th birthday on January 31, 1982. Moody Music Concert Hall, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL October 2021
“I Walk with Spirit” was featured on the 76th Dance-Forms International Choreographers’ Showcase performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, August 2019. The piece was choreographed by Cornelius Carter and featured Luvada A. Harrison, soprano and Lawrence Jackson, dance. It was such an honor for our performance to receive a stellar review in Dance Magazine from International Dance critic: David Mead.
Two Day Experiential Learning Residency: presented masterclasses on Voice techniques and Musical Theatre audition techniques. I guest lectured in American Music & Classical Music Appreciation Classes; UA Musical Theatre students gave a recital, and a dance audition workshop was taught by a UA Musical Theatre/Dance major. Department of Fine Arts, University of Pikeville, Pikeville, KY October 2018
Spirituals to Broadway. Guest Artist Residency Presented a guest artist recital, guest lecturer in the Department of English for Survey of African American Literature: “Nationalism in African American Music: The Music of William Grant Still, Career Q&A for Classical Music and American Music Appreciation Classes. Department of Fine Arts, Pikeville University, Pikeville, KY September 2017
Luvada A. Harrison, Soprano 