Barack Obama's inauguralceremonywillinclude poetry by ElizabethAlexander and music by singer Aretha Franklin, violinistItzhak Perlman andcellist Yo-Yo ma.
Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony will include poetry by Elizabeth Alexander and music by singer Aretha Franklin, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
VOA: special.2009.01.19
Inaugural Music The Marine Corps Band, Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma.
VOA: special.2009.01.16
Contrast that to four years ago, when the inaugural ceremony included Aretha Franklin but also classical musicians such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and others, and the Hollywood types were largely saved for the evening's balls.