PEACE ORATORIO 2025-26-27-28-29

The sight and sound of musicians and singers of all ages, colors and creeds making music like none ever heard before is the goal of JB Meldrum's PEACE ORATORIO. This unique work of art is a roadmap for people to learn to work together and make the dream of universal sister and brotherhood a reality. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s extraordinary life story is PEACE ORATORIO’s inspiration and structural backbone. Its seamless blend of West African traditions with Gospel, Reggae, Jazz and Classical influences allows performers to break barriers down with a symphony of sounds in a musical environment like no other: African percussionists performing with an orchestra, a Hammond organ with a grand piano, a Gospel choir mixed together with a Classical choir. In this sacred space, people learn to play and sing together and they get to know each other, too. PEACE ORATORIO’s process is Dr. King's vision in action; the creative connections of different people in the service of building a Beloved Community will help us all to learn to live together.

With its community outreach program, PEACE ORATORIO gets young people singing strong and clapping along the front lines of freedom and understanding. Learning from the courage of King and all the civil rights leaders of the 1950's and '60's, the audience gets an entertaining lesson in civic education that changes their minds and heals their hearts to finish with racism forever!  PEACE ORATORIO has the ability to redress the deep-seated wounds of unbearable prejudice. Supporting our project means to start helping America heal and thus make the world a better place to live for everyone on the planet!