Please join us for a spectacular & FREE concert at

Christ the King Church
1052 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA, 01602
Friday, November 8th at 7:00 pm

Featuring Ron Williams, baritone
& Olga Rogach, piano

Entitled ‘Crossing over into Campground’ this will be a program of African American spirituals and piano works by African American women composers. Ron Williams and Olga Rogach will collaborate to present beautiful arrangements of many of the African American spirituals sung by slaves prior to their emancipation. You will hear their story through music and narration.

In addition, Olga will present solo piano works of 20th century Black women composers including Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Betty Jackson King. Ron is a renowned singer, lecturer, and vocal instructor. He has achieved national recognition for his outstanding work with opera companies including the San Francisco Spring Opera, Detroit Opera, Opera San José, and the Boston Lyric Opera. He has been the bass soloist for a production of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Boston’s Hatch Shell.

Olga, a pianist, performs extensively in New England and is acclaimed for her recitals and collaborations with instrumentalists and vocalists. She received a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Russia’s famed St. Petersburg Conservatory and became a faculty member. She emigrated to the U.S. in 1991 and made Worcester her home. A leading regional piano teacher she also offers private instruction to students at Worcester’s Polytechnic Institute.

A reception will follow in the Johnson Room.