When composer Curtis Stewart sought inspiration for his latest project with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, he found it in the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
Stewart’s piece, “I Wouldn’t Stop There: In The Words of a KING,” will debut at Chrysler Hall on Friday, followed by a performance at the Ferguson Center for the Arts on Saturday. The free concerts, which include the Norfolk State University Choir, are part of a larger evening celebrating American music.
The roughly 9-minute piece was commissioned by the Symphony, which received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, to create something like a spiritual to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19…