Composer Of Banned Stonewall Tribute Conducts WI High School Band Before Packed Audience [VIDEO]

Milwaukee’s Fox affiliate reports:

A song pulled from the Watertown High School Wind Symphony’s spring concert was performed Wednesday night at a community concert that drew a line outside Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Days before the spring concert, the Watertown Unified School Board voted to remove “A Mother of a Revolution!” from the set list. One board member called it indoctrination.

Omar Thomas composed the song in 2019 to honor LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Johnson, a Black transgender woman, became a leader of the gay rights movement.

On Wednesday, with the church filled to capacity, Thomas flew in to conduct the song. It was played by a coalition of musicians, including some members of the high school wind symphony.

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@tmj4newsAbout 20 Watertown High School band students, volunteers, and composer Omar Thomas performed “A Mother of a Revolution!” in a community show after the school board voted to remove it from the spring concert.♬ original sound – TMJ4 News

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