This Juneteenth, we gather to honor the long arc of Black freedom, resilience, and creative brilliance, weaving together story, spirit, and song—including selections from Porgy and Bess that hold both the weight and the beauty of lived experience; in music born of struggle and soaring with hope, we remember that liberation is not a single moment but a living practice, carried in community, voiced in courage, and sung into being again and again.
