BAM! returns to SCAD with a celebration of Black love

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February 18th, 2026

Student vocal ensemble performs onstage beneath a SCAD presents BAM screen as audience members watch
SCAD student performers bring “BAM! — Black Artists in Music” to the stage during the annual concert celebrating Black musical traditions. (Courtesy of SCAD)

SCAD’s annual Black History Month concert, “BAM! — Black Artists in Music,” is back. This year’s concert centers on Black love, pairing student performers with guest artists, including Grammy-nominated Avery Wilson and Tony-nominated Amber Iman, for a show designed to land as both performance and collective release.

Students and Broadway pros on the same stage

For SCAD students, BAM! isn’t just a showcase. It’s also a rare chance to work in real time with professionals who are actively building careers in the industry. Bee Sharps student performer Allen McBirde said sharing the stage with artists like Wilson and Iman offers “a taste of what the industry in the real world really is.”

When asked what listeners can expect to see, feel and leave with, McBirde put it plainly: “Expect to be taken to church.” He added that BAM! can hold “all types of emotions,” where “you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll praise the Lord — you’ll do all of the above.”

Large group in coordinated burgundy and red formalwear poses in a lounge before SCAD’s BAM concert.
Cast and performers pose ahead of SCAD’s annual “BAM! — Black Artists in Music,” themed this year around Black love. (Courtesy of SCAD)

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