'Ballad for Trayvon Martin' Debuts
at Princeton
by William Bigelow 6 Dec 2013,
4:30 PM PDT
Anthony D.J. Branker, the founder
and director of the program in jazz studies at Princeton university, his alma mater, has
written a new composition for orchestra and jazz quartet in honor of Trayvon
Martin.
Branker said he wanted the piece
"to be a form of healing and something that could be seen as a composition
of hope—one that speaks to all of us to continue to work together so that
children of any race, ethnicity or religious affiliation never have to meet
such a tragic end."
Branker says his own personal experience
with racism resurfaced after Martin was killed and that he was “moved to the
core.” He remembered an incident when he was in his early 20s: "I was
stopped by police at gunpoint because it was believed I broke into someone’s
home. I fit a profile. Police surrounded my car."
Branker’s opus, "Ballad for
Trayvon Martin for Orchestra and Jazz Quartet," premiered Thursday at Princeton, along with performances of Dvorak’s Symphony
No. 9, Beethoven’s "Egmont" overture, and a world premiere of
"Teatro di Strada" by David Sanford.
Branker said the piece was not
written in anger, and not only is the piece a tribute to Martin but also others
who have suffered from racial violence. He said, “I see my role as an educator
and composer and artist to not so much address historic events, but to touch
the listener in some way, to make some sort of contact and relationship. I
simply want to make a connection, whether it’s on a level of social
consciousness, or music and expression."
Princeton
University
Peter
B. Lewis was a trustee at Princeton University,
a contributor for MoveOn.org, a contributor
for American Bridge 21st Century, a
supporter for America Coming Together,
a director at the Center for American
Progress, and a donor for Media
Matters.
Note: George Soros was a
contributor for MoveOn.org, a contributor
for American Bridge 21st Century, a
supporter for America Coming Together,
a supporter for the Center for American
Progress, and is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters, NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, the New America Foundation (think tank),
the Aspen Institute (think tank), the
International Rescue Committee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Tonya Lewis Lee
is a director at the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund, and married to Spike
Lee.
Spike Lee pays up for wrong-address tweet in Trayvon
Martin case
March 30, 2012
William H.
Scheide is a senior director at
the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and a benefactor at Princeton University.
Nicholas
deB. Katzenbach was a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a trustee emeritus
at Princeton University.
Eric E. Schmidt is the chairman of the New
America Foundation (think
tank), was a funder for the New America
Foundation (think tank), a trustee at Princeton University, and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Anne-Marie
Slaughter is a director at the New America Foundation,
and a professor at Princeton
University.
Elaine
Pagels is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a professor at Princeton University.
W. Michael Blumenthal
is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and was a trustee emeritus at Princeton University.
Albert Einstein
was the founder of the International Rescue Committee, and a professor
at Princeton
University.
Shirley M.
Tilghman is a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the president of Princeton University.
W. Taylor
Reveley III is a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a trustee emeritus
at Princeton
University.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the
president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank),
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
David
H. Romer is a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), married to Christina
D. Romer, and was an assistant professor at Princeton University.
Christina D.
Romer is married to David H. Romer,
was the council of economic advisers chairman for the Barack Obama administration, and an assistant professor at Princeton University.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, a friend of Desiree
G. Rogers and Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s
great niece.
John W. Rogers Jr.
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, was a graduate & basketball team captain for Princeton University,
and was married to Desiree G. Rogers.
Desiree G. Rogers
was married to John W. Rogers Jr, is
a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, a
senior director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the American Friends of
Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Spike
Lee is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and married to Tonya Lewis Lee.
Tonya Lewis Lee
is married to Spike Lee, and a
director at the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund.
William H.
Scheide is a senior director at
the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and a benefactor at Princeton University.
Nicholas
deB. Katzenbach was a trustee emeritus at Princeton University,
and a director emeritus at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. is a director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner,
and a professor at Harvard University.
Harvard Professor Jailed; Officer Is Accused of Bias
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Published: July 20, 2009
Professor Gates, who has taught at Harvard for nearly two decades, arrived
home on Thursday from a trip to China
to find his front door jammed, said Charles
J. Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard who is
representing him.
Charles J.
Ogletree Jr. is a director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner,
a professor at Harvard Law School,
and was Barack Obama’s college
mentor.
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