For the twelfth year, following a two-year hiatus due to Covid shutdown, musicians and guest artists of the African American Composer Initiative will return to Eastside College Prep to present benefit concerts dedicated to the rich heritage of music by African American composers. The concerts feature vocal and instrumental music in a broad range of styles: spirituals, jazz, blues, and instrumental and vocal concert music. Composers featured on the concert will include Regina Baiocchi, Valerie Capers, Duke Ellington, Jeremiah Evans, Jacqueline Hairston, Betty Jackson King, Melba Liston, and John Robinson.