Photograph of a conductor directing her choir during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She wears a patterned jacket and dark pants. Her hair is dark, straight, and styled in a bob with bangs. Her arms are blurry as she conducts. The choir in front of her is dressed in all black, and some members wear red Santa hats. The background is dark.

Photograph of choir director conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arm, which is raised above her head, is blurry. She wears a patterned jacket. The choir members in front of her are blurry. One of them wears a red Santa hat.

Photograph of a conductor directing her choir during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She wears a patterned jacket and her hair is dark, straight, and styled in a bob with bangs. Her arms are blurry as she conducts and her mouth is open. Some members of the choir in front of her wear red Santa hats. The background is dark.

Photograph of a choir conductor vocalizing to their choir during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. He wears a red Santa hat, a black turtleneck shirt, and a black vest. He hands with his hands out in front of him as he sings to his choir who also wear red Santa hats.

Photograph of a choir conductor vocalizing to their choir during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. He wears a red Santa hat, a black turtleneck shirt, and a black vest. He hands with his hands out in front of him as he sings to his choir who also wear red Santa hats.

Photograph of a conductor directing a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She wears all black with a red, sequined Santa hat. Her hand is lifted, palm up, as she sings to guide the choir that is in front of her. They also wear all black, and some have Santa hats. There are microphones in front of the choir. In the background, an accompanist sits at a wooden piano, and the grand drape is pulled back.

Photograph of choir director conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arms, which are raised above her head, are blurry. She wears a patterned jacket. The choir members behind her are singing and one of them looks at the camera. They wear red Santa hats and concert black.

Photograph of a choir direction conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arms, which are raised above her head, are blurry. She wears a patterned jacket and glasses. The choir members in front of her wear red Santa hats and concert black.

Photograph of choir direction conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arms, which are raised above her head, are blurry. She wears a patterned jacket. The choir members behind her are singing and some of them wear red Santa hats with their concert black.

Photograph of choir direction conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arms, which are raised, are blurry. She wears a patterned jacket. The choir members in front of her are wearing red Santa hats and concert black.

Photograph of choir director conducting during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She conducts with enthusiasm so her arms, which are raised above her head, are blurry. She wears a patterned jacket. The choir members in front of her are singing and one of them looks at the camera. They wear red Santa hats and concert black.

Photograph of a choir member clapping during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She stands in an amongst the choir she is in as the camera focuses on her. She wears a black blouse and her dark hair is straight as she looks to the right of the photo. Her hands are drawn together in a clap. The other choir members around her are also wearing black, and two in the background are singing. There is a pair of hands with red nail polish poised in a clap beside the woman, to the left of the photo.

Photograph of looking off to the side at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. She wears a black blouse with ruffles, a gold cross necklace, and a fuzzy, red Santa hat. She is in and amongst the other members of her choir. All of them look off to the right of the picture, at something that is happening beyond the frame. May of them also wear Santa hats.

Photograph of a choir member playing a drum during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. He wears all black, multiple wrist bands, a cross necklace, and a red Santa hat. The drum is being held up by a neck strap. His hands hover above the drum head, waiting for the next beat. He stands next to the other choir members who also wear all black. They stand in front of microphones. The singer directly next to the drum player is wearing a blue bow tie. Audience members' heads are blurry at the bottom of the photo.

Photograph of a choir member singing during a performance at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. He wears a light colored dress shirt with a red, patterned tie. He stands in front of a microphone with his mouth wide open as he sings. The is another microphone on a stand beside him, closer to the camera. In the background there are a few blurry people.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. One singer in a red Santa hat has stepped forward and is singing into a microphone. In the background, blurry choir members look forward, some of them also wearing Santa hats. Each singer wears concert black.

Photograph of a choir member singing into a microphone at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. He wears a black dress shirt and a red Santa hat. His mouth is open as he sings into the microphone that he holds far away from his face. In the bottom right corner of the photo, another microphone is on a stand. In the background, the rest of the choir members are blurry. Some also wear red Santa hats.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The photo focuses on one woman who is singing into a microphone. She has short hair that has been sprayed a pinkish red and glasses. One man beside her, along with others in the background, wears a Santa hat. Everyone wears some variation of concert black.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The photo focuses on a female singer who looks at the camera with a smile. She wears a red, fuzzy Santa hat with her concert black. The other choir members around her are wearing concert black as well and are clapping.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The photo focuses on a male singer in a green Santa hat who looks forward in concentration. Most of the other singers around him wear red Santa hats. The background is black.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The photo focuses on a female singer who looks forward in concentration. Some members of the choir wear red Santa hats. Everyone wears some variation of concert black. They all look in front of them with faces of concentration.

Photograph of choir members standing and looking of at something out of frame at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. They all wear concert black and a few have on red Santa hats. One man in the foreground has a blue bowtie. All the members stand as they are angled toward the left of the photo. They look forwards with serious and focused expressions.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. Each member wears concert black, and many of them wear red Santa hats. A few members are standing straight, but the majority of them are beginning to move. There is a microphone and the corner of a music stand on the right side of the photo.

Photograph of a choir performing at the 19th annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The photo focuses on two male singers, one of which is wearing a red Santa hat. Many other members of the choir wear red Santa hats. There is a person wearing a green Santa hat as well. Everyone wears some variation of concert black.