Darryl Huggins, choirister and Nathaniel Dett Youth Chorale  conductor, wrote two new pieces for And Still We Sing…Steel Singin‘, the final installment of our 2009/2010 concert series. It was a proud moment for Darryl, and a proud moment for us to be supporting one of the members of the Chorale family in such a special way.

Darryl (a.k.a. Lord ‘Splaina) grew up listening to the old calypsos that his parents would play around the house, and now has a deep appreciation of calypso music. When Brainerd began to create the program for And Still We Sing…Steel Singin’, he knew that Darryl would play an integral role in the concert.

Check out this video to hear the world premiere of Lovely by Lord ‘Splaina.