The Martin Luther King Celebration Concert on Monday (Jan. 21) at IU South Bend will have inspiring music from choirs and the South Bend Symphony, a 15-year-old guest violinist, narration of Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, and a video presentation by three new media students from IU South Bend.
Tickets are free but must be reserved by calling the IU South Bend box office at 574-520-4203.
The 21-minute video is the work of Keri Hare, Kyle Peterson and Mark Sniadecki. They worked with assistant professor Eric Souther after they received a directive on creating an African-American heritage piece from Dean Marvin Curtis, of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts and Maestro Tsung Yeh of the South Bend Symphony.
The three students began in May to learn more about the community, work with clients (one dean and one maestro), delve into research and learn their craft.
The first six minutes of the video will begin after intermission. It has snippets of interviews of community members: Adeline Wigfall, Alma Powell, Gladys Mohammed, Dr. S. Bernard and Audrey Vagner, and John Charles Bryant. Souther said they talk about their lives and struggles.
The next 15 minutes will be displayed on a screen behind the symphony as the musicians perform “Mississippi River Suite” by composer Florence Price. The video intersperses footage of historic African American sites in South Bend and community members with footage of the St. Joseph River.
“We gathered still photographs of historical and contemporary African American members of the community,” Sniadecki said. The stills are incorporated into the video. We worked with both the Civil Rights Heritage Center and the Center for History. Retired South Bend Fire Chief Howard Buchanon was immensely helpful in providing contemporary photos.”
Souther said Keri Hare mainly did the research and was the photo archivist. Peterson did the video with the six community members and Sniadecki produced the video of the river. He incorporated stills of architecture and individuals into the final product.
“It is a magical dance of photos and videos. It reminds me of Disney’s ‘Fantasia.’ The students really grew with this work. They learned about the community. It is a great outreach into the community. We’re very excited to present this.
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