Langston Hughes Project
January 28, 2023 - UNM News
The Langston Hughes Project (LHP) features the critically acclaimed McCurdy and award-winning jazz singer Nicole Henry.
McCurdy will present lectures for students Thursday, Feb. 2, at 9: 30 a.m. at the UNM College of Fine Arts, and again at 2 p.m.
The LHP will perform 12 Moods for Jazz from 10 a.m. to noon at Popejoy Hall on Friday, Feb. 3.
An evening performance with featured performer Henry with the LHP will be held at the African American Performing Arts Center at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, and again Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.
An evening performance with featured performer Henry with the LHP will be held at the African American Performing Arts Center at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, and again Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.
The LHP is a 90-minute multimedia show, based around Hughes’ poem Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz. Set during the period of the Harlem Renaissance, the poem deals with the struggle for freedom and dignity for African American people. The show connects the historical dots between the Civil Rights Movement, the colonization of African countries, and today’s landscape. LHP has been performed in 40 states and Mexico City, on many college campuses, and in venues ranging from a 20-person capacity to Carnegie Hall.
