In this devised concerto, Davóne recites short pieces of poetic texts by seminal Black authors as the setting for three works: “Shake the Heavens” from John Adams’ oratorio El Niño, the orchestral song “VIGIL”, a collaboration between Davóne, composer Matthew Aucoin, and French/Dutch composer Igee Dieudonné, and “Malcolm’s Aria” from Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis’ opera The Life and Times of Malcolm X in a program that tells a story of a person discovering their potential, exhibiting their humanity, and indicting their naysayers.