This page contains archived programs and recordings from my solo piano recitals since 2021. These performances reflect my ongoing commitment to exploring and sharing music by underrepresented composers, with a particular focus on Black composers and their rich contributions to the piano repertoire. Many of these recitals have also included collaborations with my mother, Laurie Davenport, whose original paintings offer a visual response to selected works and themes from each program.
April 1, 2025: Variations on a Theme | download program | watch the live recording
Professional Artist Series, University of Puget Sound School of Music
Kilworth Chapel, University of Puget Sound
This recital celebrated the rich legacy of Black composers and musical traditions, tracing connections between spirituals, folk melodies, jazz, and classical music. Featuring works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Margaret Bonds, George Walker, Florence Price, and others, the program also included the premiere of my own Mingus Variations.
January 7, 2024: Art of the Prelude | download program | watch the live recording
The Piano Studio, Tacoma, WA
This recital explored the prelude as a complete artistic statement through the music of Black composers Richard Thompson and James Morris. Framed by selected preludes of Sergei Rachmaninoff, the program highlighted the rich dialogue between classical and jazz traditions while celebrating two distinctive contemporary voices.
December 4, 2022: Listen Children | download program
First United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA
Inspired by Lucille Clifton’s poem Listen Children, this recital celebrated the beauty, diversity, and complexity of Black artistry through music spanning classical, jazz, and contemporary traditions. The program featured works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, and Eric Dolphy, alongside the Pacific Northwest premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s “Wounded Children” and the world premiere of “Fram di Pliegroun” by Jamaican composer Mikhail Johnson.
August 22, 2021: Music from Home
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA
Presented as part of the Music from Home concert series, this program celebrated the rich diversity of Black composers from the eighteenth century to the present day. Featuring collaborations with flutist Drew Shipman and artwork by Laurie Davenport, the recital included music by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Jasmine Barnes, Adolphus Hailstork, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Robert Nathaniel Dett.
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