Whitney To Be Honored…Again
(photo by Neal Preston, Courtesy of the Estate of Whitney E. Houston)
Newark’s own Whitney Houston [1963-2012] will be honored yet again and rightly so at Town Hall in New York City in February. “The Voice Of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration” is being billed as hearing Whitney’s voice “as never heard before [in] an Immersive Visual Experience.” That’s because The Pops of Color Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Sean Mayes, will make her music come totally alive on the same stage where she debuted with her mom, Cissy Houston, 47 years ago to the day.
On February 15, 1978, Whitney, aged 15, at Town Hall, sang “Tomorrow,” from the 1977 Broadway musical Annie. On February 15, 2025, Whitney’s voice will soar again in this “Symphonic Celebration” featuring her own voice on original masters and remastered recordings set to new arrangements “in a unique and one-of-a-kind reinterpretation of her classic hits…accompanied by never-before-seen video footage and interviews,” according to the Whitney camp.
Whitney remembered that exact debut with Oprah Winfrey in a 2009 interview when she said, “…my mother put a show together which included my brother, myself, and her act, and we sang background for her. My mother had recorded the version of `Tomorrow’….I had the spotlight where I came out…and I will never forget, I walked out to the front, and I began to sing, and the whole audience rushed to the stage. It was that moment that my mother said, `God has smiled on you, and this is what you’re supposed to do.’ I remember thinking it was on this stage that it will happen for me. I just remember that feeling. And my Mom said, `see, I told you. You’re going to be doing big things.’”
For more information, visit https://www.thetownhall.org/event/the-voice-of-whitney
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