December 12, 2024: History Sings

We’re joining in song, and heralding ourselves, sorta.A big project is coming to NEPM TV, on Dec. 12th. A new documentary created to take a deeper look at the black experience within the four counties of western Massachusetts. Legacies: Stories of Black History in the 413 premiers this evening and we’ll talk with the creative team that drove the film Erika Slocomb, Joe Aidonidis, and Evan Goodchild about what they decided to highlight, and the importance of making afro-diasporic life local. And we’ll get you involved in the song when we chat with conductors Tian Hui Ng and Anthony Ferreira, along with Youth Orchestra Director Hannah Smeltz about Pioneer Valley Symphony’s Holiday Pops Concert where you can sing favorites of the season with the ensemble. We’ll find out more about the organization’s origins, the appeal of this festive offering, and where you can lend your own joyful noises to the occasion. And U.S. Representative Jim McGovern weighs in on the 1500 acts of clemency and pardons issued by President Joe Biden, shifts in the democratic caucus, and problems arising with a major city’s police department in his district, and some of your questions of course.