Violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill will join Ma for a new work composed by John Williams.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will take his oath from Justice John Paul Stevens.
Aretha Franklin to sing at Obama inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) - December 17, 2008 Congressional leaders on Wednesday announced the program, which
also will feature poet Elizabeth Alexander; the Rev. Joseph Lowery,
a veteran civil rights leader; and the U.S. Marine and Navy bands.
The Jan. 20 event on the steps of the Capitol is expected to draw
as many as four million visitors to see Obama take the noontime
oath from Chief Justice John Roberts.
