University of Minnesota Moment: Music for Martin

Transcript

[Announcer]: I’m Rick Moore with the University of Minnesota Moments.

This coming Sunday, the U's Office for Equity and Diversity and the School of Music will present “Music for Martin,” the 26th annual concert celebrating the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis. Grammy Award-winning group Sounds of Blackness headlines the concert with local a cappella group 4given as the opening act. Sue Hancock with the Office of Equity and Diversity says the concert is about more than the music.

[Hancock]: Music has a way of transporting people; music has a way of doing more than making you feel good, and I think the fact that we are in our twenty-sixth year of having this concert speaks to the fact that it provides an opportunity for the University community as well as our external communities to confirm and continue the commitment of the work that Martin Luther King was about.

[Moore]: Hancock expects the audience to be wowed by exceptional acapella  sound of 4given.

[Hancock]: 4given is a sister-brother group from St. Paul and they have been performing since the youngest one was three years old. Their sound is considered to be a very pure acapella sound. They are a phenomenal group of young people and I believe the harmony and the messages of their music will be well received with this concert.

[Moore]: That’s Sue Hancock for the University of Minnesota Moments.