Take Me To The Water is a soulful exploration of original arrangements of spirituals, iconic works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Alice Coltrane, and an exhilarating interpretation of Debussy’s “Danse Sacrée.” Take Me To The Water celebrates the transportive nature of water, and of the rivers that unite us. Possible versions for harp + string quintet or harp solo. (Duration: 70 minutes)

Radhe-Shyam (Alice Coltrane)
River Jordan (Traditional American spiritual)
Deep River (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
Unrest (Brandee Younger)
Danse Sacree (Claude Debussy)
Yemaya 1 (Joao Luiz Rezende)
Prema (Alice Coltrane)
Troubled Water (Margaret Bonds)
Amen (Traditional American spiritual)
Take Me to the Water*** (Traditional American spiritual)

Circles is an intimate and immersive harp solo program during which I present stories of family history interwoven with messages of uplift. (Duration: 65 minutes)

Circles (Daniel Temkin)
We Are Together (with audience) (Pauline Oliveros)
Prema (Alice Coltrane)
Shelter in Place (Brandee Younger)
Awakening (Daniel Temkin)
Deep River (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
in the butterfly’s song I hear your name (Daniel Temkin)
Unrest (Brandee Younger)
The Angels Changed My Name (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

An intimate program that explores how identity is shaped by those who came before, and how music allows for the unearthing and connection with ancestral memories. (Duration: 55 minutes)

Prema (Alice Coltrane)
Radhe-Shyam (Alice Coltrane)
River Jordan (Traditional, arr. Ashley Jackson)
Unrest (Brandee Younger)
Troubled Water (Margaret Bonds)
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone)
Dreaming My Dreams (The Cranberries)
I’m Every Woman (Whitney Houston)
Amen (Traditional, arr. Ashley Jackson)
Take Me to the Water (Traditional, arr. Ashley Jackson)

Tied to February 6, 2026 release (Decca US) of 4-track ‘Cover Girl’ EP with songs by Arooj Aftab, Whitney Houston, Nina Simone and The Cranberries. (Duration: 50 minutes)

Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone, arr. Jackson)
I’m Every Woman (Whitney Houston)
Udhero-Na*** (Arooj Aftab)
Dreaming My Dreams (The Cranberries)
Kothbrio*** (Ayub Ogada)
In the Middle of the River*** (Rabe’eh Zand)
River Jordan (African American spiritual)
River of Sorrow*** (Anohni)
Pyramid Song*** (Radiohead)

***With Emi Ferguson, flutes and vocals

In The Things We Carry, Jackson juxtaposes the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brandee Younger with that of Bach and Scarlatti, as a way to explore the complex themes of identity and ownership that are often faced by classical musicians of African descent. The story begins with her ancestor, Paul Cuffe, a highly successful businessman who in the early 1800s led several trips to Sierra Leone. Jackson draws parallels between his life and her experiences, as she not only considers the gifts and lessons passed between generations, but also how we infuse such traditions with new ideas and bold reimaginings. The Things We Carry was inspired by artist Hilary Harkness and her newest body of work, Prisoners from the Front: The Arabella Freeman Series, a group of paintings that depict an affluent free black landowning family living in antebellum Virginia. (Duration: 45 minutes)

Sonata K. 27 (Domenico Scarlatti)
Prema (Alice Coltrane)
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Allemande
Sarabande
Deep River (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
The Angels Changed My Name (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
Essence of Ruby (Brandee Younger)