Music Tribute

"La Via en rose" - a Louis Armstrong Tribute

The performance is to pay tribute to Louis Armstrong, the great trumpeter and one of the most influential artist in jazz history.

Common, John Legend - "Glory"

The song was written about the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. Legend quoted Nina Simone, saying, "It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live." "In this song we wanted to pay tribute to the important roles that all the people play in Selma, but we also wanted to reflect the time that we live in.”He added: "We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago, but we say that Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now."

"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong tribute submitted by student Trystan Kidd.