Photograph of Nathan Myers, the conductor, directing a student choir during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letter at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. All of the performers are wearing black formal attire. The photo is taken from behind the ensemble members.

Photograph of Nathan Myers, a conductor, directing a choir through their performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. He looks some of the members in the eye as he raises his arms above his head. All of the performers are wearing black formal attire. The photo is taken from behind a few ensemble members.

Photograph of a conductor directing the orchestra through a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The orchestra musicians are all wearing white buttoned down shirts. The photo is taken from behind members of the audience.

Photograph of the choir watching the conductor, Nathan Myers, waving his hands in the air while directing them through a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. All of the performers, including the conductor, are wearing black formal attire.

Photograph of a choir performing in front of a crowd at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. One blurry young woman is raising her hand by her head as she performs a solo in front of the choir. All of the performers are wearing black formal attire. The ends of trombones are visible in the foreground.

Photograph of choir members singing on stage while being conducted by April Jones Sigadi, a conductor and opera soprano, during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The conductor stands with her back towards the camera. All of the performers, including the conductor, are wearing black formal attire.

Photograph of choir members singing to the audience during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The choir members stand in a neat line while wearing black formal attire.

Photograph of a choir performing while clapping their hands on stage at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. An orchestra sits in the foreground while wearing white buttoned down shirts. The choir members are all wearing black formal attire. A conductor is seen in the right-hand side of the picture.

Photograph of the conductor, Nathan Myers, and a student choir performing together during the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The choir members are all raising their hands and clapping along to the song. The conductor stands with his back to the camera. All of the performers are wearing black formal attire.

Photograph of orchestra members performing together in a darkened room at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. All of the musicians are wearing black formal attire as they face towards the conductor who is visible in the foreground. The photo is taken from beside the flute section of the ensemble.

Photograph of orchestra members posing for a photo at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The ensemble all wear black formal attire while placing their instruments at rest in their laps. A saxophone player stands in the middle of the musicians.

Photograph of orchestra members playing together during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The seated musicians are all wearing black formal attire in the middle of a darkened room. The photo is taken from behind a few music stands in the middle of the ensemble.

Photograph of the orchestra sitting down for a performance with the choir in the background at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The orchestra members are all wearing white formal shirts while the choir wears black formal attire. The entire ensemble is seated in a semi-circle around the conductor.

Photograph of orchestra members playing the euphonium during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The three musicians stand in the middle of an ensemble while wearing formal attire.

Photograph of people walking in the lobby before a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. A guest in a red and black outfit faces towards the camera while another guest in a purple shirt faces towards a crowd gathered to enter the auditorium.

Photograph of (from left to right) Billie K. Roberts, Dallas ISD administrator; Nathan Myers, conductor and opera tenor; April Jones Sigardi, conductor and opera soprano; Paul Doucet, conductor and opera tenor; Craig Wells, Dallas ISD administrator; and Dr. Mackey Spradley, Dallas, ISD administrator, posing for the camera at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Bruton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a Dallas ISD student performing on stage, surrounded by an ensemble, at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. She looks towards the ceiling while holding a microphone to project her voice towards the audience. All of the pictured performers are wearing black formal attire.

Photograph of a seated orchestra and choir, on stage at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The ensemble members are all wearing black and white formal attire as they face away from the camera.

Photograph of a small orchestra playing their instruments on a small stage the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The seated ensemble members are all wearing black formal attire. The flute section is stationed in the front of the ensemble as the face towards the audience.

Photograph of a small orchestra performing together in a darkened room at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The musicians are wearing black formal attire. The photo is focused on the flute section of the seated ensemble.

Photograph of a small orchestra performing in a darkened stage at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. All of the ensemble members are wearing black formal attire. The photo is focused on the flute section of the seated ensemble.

Photograph of (from left to right) Nathan Myers, a conductor and opera tenor; April Jones Sigadi, conductor and opera soprano; and, Paul Doucet, conductor and opera tenor, posing for a photo together at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letter at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of the audience clapping during a performance at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, an event held at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Performers wearing white buttoned down shirts stand in the foreground.

Photograph of trumpet players performing on stage at the 14th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert, held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Naomi Burton Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The musicians stand in the middle of a seated ensemble. All of the pictured musicians wear white formal shirts. A choir in black formal attire is visible in the background.