Friday Night Live partners with Neighborly Need, Inc., a non-profit committed to strengthening urban communities and developing projects that address urgent problems and needs.

This performance features a commissioned work, Fighting for the Children, by saxophonist/clarinetist Wendell Harrison. The work features Wendell Harrison leading a large ensemble of rhythm section, horns, and a string orchestra of young artists.  

Black History Month programs are generously supported by the Arn and Nancy Tellem Foundation.