{"id":1944,"date":"2026-01-22T21:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:25:29","slug":"soprano-taylor-burgess-performs-winter-moon-february-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/soprano-taylor-burgess-performs-winter-moon-february-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Soprano Taylor Burgess Performs “Winter Moon” February 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Direct from\u00a0<\/span><\/em>the stage of Porgy and Bess<\/em>\u00a0at the Metropolitan Opera, the Jamesport Meeting House welcomes back soprano\u00a0<\/span>Taylor Burgess, a Riverhead High School graduate, on Sunday, February 8 at 5 p.m., <\/span><\/strong>performing a program entitled, “Winter Moon: A Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Accompanied by jazz pianist <\/strong>Eunha So<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u201cWinter Moon\u201d is an evocative tribute to the legendary poets and writers of the 20th<\/sup> century Harlem Renaissance. This powerful celebration of Black History Month<\/strong> will take listeners on a journey through time as seen through the eyes of literary giants such as Langston Hughes, Laurence Hope and James Weldon Johnson. The concert program features beautiful impressionistic works of\u00a0<\/span>Harry T. Burleigh<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Duke Ellington,\u00a0<\/span>and c<\/span>ontemporary compositions by\u00a0<\/span>Ricky Ian Gordon<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Pete Malinverni<\/span>, immersed in the beauty of Black musical tradition, from the deep roots of\u00a0<\/span>Spirituals<\/span>\u00a0to the elegance of\u00a0<\/span>Art Songs<\/span>\u00a0and the soulful energy of\u00a0<\/span>Jazz<\/span>.\u00a0 Tickets for the February 8 concert are $20 for adults and $10 for students and children up to age 18.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Artists…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor Burgess<\/strong>\u00a0is a versatile classical and jazz artist who is based in Amsterdam and grew up on the East End of Long Island. She is the first black graduate of the Dutch National Opera Academy (MM), holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Jazz with a minor in Opera Studies from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music and a Performer Certificate from the Aaron Copland School of Music.\u00a0From opera to jazz to popular media, her diverse talents have earned her a significant international presence.\u00a0On the concert and operatic stage, Ms. Burgess has performed as a soloist with the Jussen Brothers, toured with the Nederlands Kamerkoor NXT, and appeared frequently with the Dutch National Opera and Ballet in productions such as\u00a0Fidelio,\u00a0Lohengrin, and\u00a0Die Zauberfl\u00f6te.\u00a0Recent career highlights include her Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2024 revival of Terence Blanchard\u2019s\u00a0Fire Shut Up In My Bones\u00a0and her return to the Met in 2025\/26 for Gershwin\u2019s\u00a0Porgy and Bess.\u00a0Her 2026 season features high-profile debuts, including the role of Doctor Wheeler in Michel van der Aa’s film-opera\u00a0Theory of Flames\u00a0and a performance in Weinberg\u2019s\u00a0Die Passagierin\u00a0at the National Opera and Ballet.<\/p>\n

Eunha So<\/strong> is a pianist and composer whose work bridges classical structure, jazz improvisation, \"\"<\/a> and contemporary expression. Trained in classical piano from an early age in South Korea and later educated in the United States, she has developed a cross-genre musical voice shaped by extensive performance and collaboration. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Jazz Studies from SUNY Purchase College and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Jazz Studies and Commercial Music from the University of Denver. In 2019, Eunha released her debut album Reminiscence at Birdland NYC, and her work has been recognized with honors including the Pathways to Jazz Grant and selection as one of KUVO\u2019s \u201c30 Under 30\u201d musicians. She has performed at major venues across New York and Denver including Blue Note NYC, Dizzy\u2019s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Red Rocks Amphitheater.<\/p>\n

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Direct from\u00a0the stage of Porgy and Bess\u00a0at the Metropolitan Opera, the Jamesport Meeting House welcomes back soprano\u00a0Taylor Burgess, a Riverhead High School graduate, on Sunday, February 8 at 5 p.m.,\u00a0performing a program entitled, “Winter Moon: A Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance.”<\/p>\n

Accompanied by pianist\u00a0Eunha So,\u00a0\u201cWinter Moon\u201d is an evocative tribute to the legendary poets and writers of the 20th century Harlem Renaissance. This powerful celebration of Black History Month will take listeners on a journey through time as seen through the eyes of literary giants such as Langston Hughes, Laurence Hope and James Weldon Johnson. The concert program features beautiful impressionistic works of\u00a0Harry T. Burleigh\u00a0and\u00a0Duke Ellington,\u00a0and contemporary compositions by\u00a0Ricky Ian Gordon\u00a0and\u00a0Pete Malinverni, immersed in the beauty of Black musical tradition, from the deep roots of\u00a0Spirituals\u00a0to the elegance of\u00a0Art Songs\u00a0and the soulful energy of\u00a0Jazz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}