V. Coleman: Renaissance

Composer: Valerie Coleman Format: Full Score Instrumentation: Orchestra Work: Renaissance Binding: Pages: None Description Renaissance, Concerto for Orchestra, is a three-movement tone poem that connects the listener into a journey from the early to mid-20th century to present day. It is inspired by the artwork within The Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence. The Migration Series portrays the Great Migration, the passage of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North following the outbreak of World War I.