A presentation of African American spirituals will be presented to the gifted students at Belpre Elementary School on ...

A presentation of African American spirituals will be presented to the gifted students at Belpre Elementary School on Thursday at the Zion Baptist Church in Parkersburg. “We’ll be sharing the history ...

The Fisk Jubilee Singers will be performing in Wilmington next month.

“It is America’s first music,” he said of the songs that enslaved people created when they mixed African rhythms with the ...

Music Worcester will present the American Spiritual Ensemble in concert on Saturday, January 10 at Worcester's historic Mechanics Hall. Led by Founder and Director Dr. Everett McCorvey, Music ...

New York, NY (October 20, 2025)— In November, Jazz at Lincoln Center invites audiences to experience the spiritual and rhythmic lineage that is at the heart of the organization’s Mother Africa season, ...

Negro composers of jazz music, like W. C. Handy and Duke Ellington, have long taken top honors in their field, have long been street-corner names in the U. S. Practically unknown to the U. S. man in ...

On Saturday, August 2, 2025 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, come to the Belle Haven Library (100 Terminal Ave.) for a special concert titled Deep River: The Flow of Negro Spirituals through Time performed by ...

Gateways Festival Orchestra with Anthony Parnther. Photo credit: Shahar Azran. This year you’ve curated a program with a social focus on Negro spirituals. In light of current events, how have these ...

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El Compa Negro is on Facetime with his stylist, trying to pick out his outfit ahead of his set at the Compton Art & History Museum. Tucked in the corner of an unassuming strip mall, the museum could ...

Goggans grew up in East Cleveland and the University Circle neighborhood/area knowing early in life that music, he played drums in his family’s church, and performing was his future. When CCGS started ...