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Our 2025-2026 Season

Gates of Justice

October 24th, 2025 at 7:30pm
St. Francis of Assisi Church

Join us for an inspiring evening of music that speaks to the soul and to society. The program features Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a bold fusion of jazz, classical, and spiritual traditions calling for racial and social unity, paired with Margaret Bonds’ Credo, a powerful choral affirmation of human dignity and belief in justice. A stirring celebration of hope, resilience, and shared humanity — not to be missed.

Informative image for Gates of Justice. The background is a photograph of an ornate iron gate casting a shadow onto a cinderblock wall, with the gate on the right side and shadow angled towards the left. The concert title is in a white 3d shadowed font at the top of the image, left aligned. The date, time, and location are in the same font on a smaller scale under it. At the bottom of the image are the North Carolina Master Chorale and North Carolina Master Chorale Youth Choir logos in white with dark grey shapes behind each logo.

Margaret Bonds, whose career spanned the mid 20th century was one of the first U.S. Black composers of renown. A tireless advocate for racial and social justice, Bonds was a longtime collaborator and friend of Langston Hughes. Her masterpiece Credo sets a text by W.E.B. DuBois. Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice is a fitting companion piece to the Bonds Credo. The work focuses on the historic and spiritual parallels of the Jew and Black Americans, and through the juxtaposition of a variety of musical styles; as well as texts from the Hebrew Bible, Hillel & Martin Luther King, speaks to the interconnectedness of humankind.   

The Master Chorale is under the artistic direction of Music Director Alfred Sturgis

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photography by Denny Colvin 

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