The San Antonio Gospel Heritage Choir will kick off Sunday’s concert. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Musical Bridges Around the World

San Fernando Cathedral will reverberate with diverse and soulful sounds this Sunday during a concert based on the award-winning documentary The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music.

Part of the annual DreamWeek San Antonio summit, the performance embraces the film’s goal of exploring the history of African American musical culture from slavery times to the present.

Jazz pianist and composer Aaron Prado — who served as music director and composer of original music for the film’s soundtrack — will perform at San Fernando along with Dallas-based jazz pianist Arlington Jones, Nicole Cherry on violin, Brandon Rivas on double bass and Georgie Padilla on percussion.

The San Antonio Gospel Heritage Choir, formed by the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum in 2023, will kick off the concert, which is presented by Musical Bridges Around the World.

Musical Bridges, a San Antonio nonprofit, initially developed and produced The Quilt film in response to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since its 2023 debut, the documentary has won awards, including Best Full-Length Music Documentary at the Queens Underground Film Festival and the Gold Medal at the Atlanta Children’s Festival.

Free tickets are available through Musical Bridges’ website.

Free, 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza, (210) 464-1534, musicalbridges.org.

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This article appears in Jan 8-21, 2025.

Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative...