Harriet Tubman Oratorio | Memphis Symphony Orchestra

By Darel Snodgrass

Published February 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM CST

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum, presents the Harriet Tubman Oratorio, a world premier by Memphis native and renowned composer Earnestine Rodgers Robinson, Sunday February 11 at 2 pm at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis.

The concert, featuring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, soloists from Opera Memphis, and a chorus of more than 100 singers from local churches and schools, will be conducted by Memphis Symphony Assistant Conductor Kyle Dickson. Darel Snodgrass talks with Kyle Dickson and composer Earnestine Rodgers Robinson about the performance, and the genesis of this huge work, as well as her background and experience as an oratorio composer. HARRIET TUBMAN ORATORIO — Memphis Symphony Orchestra

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Darel Snodgrass

I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.

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