Events
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Past
February 2026
Florence Price Panel Discussion — Kamoinge Strings
Walker West Music Academy / MN Opera Partnership
Kamoinge Strings performs for the Florence Price panel discussion, a community event in support of the world premiere of the opera My Name is Florence by composer B.E. Boykin. The composer and other scholars and singers will be on hand to share their impressions of Price's music, life, and legacy — a composer Kamoinge has celebrated for many years through ensemble pieces and solo recital works.
August 15, 2025
Walker West String Community Summer Gathering
Walker West Music Academy
Community gathering hosted monthly on the third Friday, running through November 2025.
June 19, 2025
MN Humanities Center Juneteenth Brunch — Kamoinge Strings
Quincy Hall, 1325 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN
Juneteenth Brunch & Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, the Vernon Jordan Professor of Law of Civil Rights at Howard University School of Law and former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.
June 19, 2025
Rondo Plaza Juneteenth Celebration — Ladies of Kamoinge
Rondo Commemorative Plaza, 820 Concordia Ave, St Paul, MN
Short music program at the Plaza for the Juneteenth Celebration, continuing the tradition from previous years.
February 2, 2024
Lift Every Voice and Sing — Timberwolves NBA Game
Target Center, Minneapolis
Central Artists for game dedicated to Black History Month.
January 15, 2024
MN State MLK Reception for Governor's Council
Minnesota State Capitol
Attendees from the Governor's Office and the DEI Office.
January 2024
Kappa Alpha Psi Founder's Day
Minneapolis, MN
Performed works paramount to Black culture and celebrated Kappa values.
November 30, 2023
Performance for National Board of Commissioners
Minneapolis, MN
The event gathered County Board of Commissioners from throughout the USA.
November 18, 2023
MN Association of Black Lawyers Gala
Minneapolis, MN
Invited to perform works composed by Black artists. The audience included attorneys and law school students from the region.
July 2023
Judge's Brunch for the National Bar Association
Minneapolis, MN
Invited to perform works composed by Black artists. The audience included attorneys and law school students from the region.
March 9, 2023
Stringocracy Concert
Twin Cities, MN
Concert showcasing a yearlong project incorporating call and response, improvisation, and civic engagement — a cross-section of music genres rooted in the African/African American cultural experience and traditional Western concert music.
January 2023
Kappa Alpha Psi Founder's Day
Minneapolis, MN
Performed works paramount to Black culture and celebrated Kappa values.
February 5, 2022
World Premiere — The Joy Diptich with Artaria Music School
Twin Cities, MN
Written by Social Justice Musician Anthony R. Green.
February 5, 2022
World Premiere — Sovereign Suite Strings by PaviElle French
Twin Cities, MN
Collaborated with local MN professional vocalist and band. Adapted to new music and performing with new groups to share the 'Journey of liberating yourself' which the piece sought to convey.