Theater

Happy New Year and an Upcoming Concert Invitation!

Sonja D. Williams African Americans, Black Music, Choral Music, Chorus, Music, Theater

Greetings!

Between politics and the weather, I hope that you’re finding space to be as positive as possible in this crazy world we live in.

And if you have the interest – and live in my hometown of NYC – please consider putting the National Concerts Chorus’ March 22nd, 8pm  concert on your calendar.

As a member of The Prince Georges County Choral Society (PGCCS), and with other choral singers from throughout the U.S., we’ll perform works by a broad range of contemporary composers – including a composition by our own choral director, Dr. Edryn Coleman.

This concert will be held at Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, and I can’t wait to return to this famed concert venue. Carnegie Hall was the place where  my High School of Music & Art (now known as the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts) held our graduation ceremony – back in the day.

So for more details about this exciting upcoming event, please click on the links above and I hope to see you then!

 

 

Singing for Love and Hope – Saturday, November 15, 2025

Sonja D. Williams African Americans, Black Music, Choral Music, Chorus, Music, Theater

Happy Fall!

If you live in the DMV and love choral music, you might want to check out the upcoming concert of the Prince Georges County Choral Society (PGCCS).

The PGCCS will offer Songs of Hope for a Better World  on Saturday, November 15th at 6:30pm in the Dionne Warwick Theater of Bowie State University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, Maryland.

And to hear just a taste of the PGCCS’s musical magic, please click here

We hope to see you on Saturday!

The PGCCS performing in Greenbelt, MD on November 1, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honoring the Memory of Extraordinary Artist & Activist Harry Belafonte

Sonja D. Williams Acting, Drama, Film, History, Nonfiction, Podcast, Podcasting, Politics, Radio, Theater

On April 25, 2023, the world lost a gifted artist and committed activist – a man who was never shy about speaking (or singing) truth to power.

With his passing, Harlem born Harry Belafonte joined his long time friend and fellow artist Sidney Poitier among the ancestors. Both men will be sorely missed.

During the early 2000s in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film in Washington DC, we had the pleasure  of honoring Belafonte with an award named for one of the men who inspired him – singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson.

After our awards ceremony, Belafonte conducted a master class in which he shared information about his life, his career and his commitment to civil and human rights.

To hear the radio program we produced based on this master class – a study in wisdom, courage and artistic integrity  – click here.

Geva Theater Center’s Out of the Rehearsal Hall Podcast – Richard Durham & Black Drama

Sonja D. Williams Drama, Radio, Theater

From the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, its Out of the Rehearsal Hall podcast takes a deep dive into the theatrical process – even as the Center starts its 2020-2021 season creating work from the rehearsal halls in participants homes.

This season you can listen to an audio play or stream an online solo performance. The Out of the Rehearsal Hall podcast explores it all, as hosted by the Geva Theater Center’s Literary Director, Jenni Werner.

The Out of the Rehearsal Hall Podcast – Season 2  Starts w/Jenni Warner & Esther Winter interviewing me about Durham and his radio dramas. Click on the link above to hear the interview.

And, here is Jenni Werner’s Exploring Black Radio History Blog

Happy reading and listening!

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