HFDCC 2026 Concert Program

5:00  Doors open

5:15 – – 6:45 Cocktails

6:45 – – 7:00 Attendees enter the concert hall

7:00 – – 7:05 Welcoming words in French by Marie Elise Lebon, Vice-President of the HFDCC

7:05 – – 7:10 Welcoming words in English by Marcien Toussaint, President of the HFDCC

7:10 – – 7:30 Presentation of Professor Emeritus Claude Dauphin 

An overview of Haitian classical music from past to present

7:30 – – Marcien Toussaint introduces Tom Clowes, founder and musical director of Crossing Borders Music

                                                                                       1st Set   

Solace (Gifrants) 5 minutes

A Rosemère (Warner Jaegerhuber) 18 minutes

Elixir (Gifrants) 8 minutes

Rara Kout Dlo Cho, Kout Dlo Frèt (Gifrants) 4.5 minutes

Klap Ur Handz (Daniel Bernard Roumain) 7 minutes

Marcien Toussaint introduces the tremendously talented pianist Marianne Parker 

for a surprise performance : Arôme Muaical (Gifrants) 7 minutes

                                                     Announcement of a 15 minute interlude

                                                                                          2nd Set

Danza No. 1 (Ludovic Lamothe) 7 minutes

Adje! (Gifrants) 6:41 minutes

Élégie–Méringue en si mineur (Edmond Saintonge) 5:51 minutes

Katalolo (Gifrants) 5:02 minutes

Inoubliable (Emile Desamours) 5:00 minutes

Kontantman (Gifrants) 7:02 minutes

Latibonit o (Gifrants) 6:17 minutes

Beauté de l’hiver à Orford (Gifrants) 5:57 minutes

Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine (Gifrants) 7:28 minutes

Last words by Marcien Toussaint, President of the HFDCC

IMPORTANT: Albums of Haitian classical music will be sold by performers.  
Mirelle’s bar and restaurant will be open for dinner.                                

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