Student Quartet Performs music by Sawney Freeman.

In partnership with the Greater New Haven African American Historical Society, the CMI Confronting Racism Group is presenting a panel discussion of the little-known history of enslavement in our local area. CMI member Diane Orson, Special Correspondent for CT Public and contributor to NPR, will moderate the discussion. Panelists are local historians and community leaders Joy Burns, Frank Mitchell, Denise Page, and Jill Snyder. Students from Music Haven will perform newly rediscovered music composed by Sawney Freeman, a once enslaved Connecticut musician, and likely America’s first published Black composer. All CMI members and the Greater New Haven Community are welcome. Admission is free and registration is not required. 

FREE and open to the public