Real history and amazing songs blend in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s new production of “Jubilee,” which playwright and director Tazewell Thompson describes as a “nakedly a cappella” journey into ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of “Jubilee,” on October 12. You can listen to the music and the story of how ...

(RNS) — Zion Earle, a member of the youth choir at the Hamilton-Garrett Center for Music and Arts in the Roxbury neighborhood, sings Negro spirituals like “My Lord! What a Morning” at concerts in the ...

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bluffton University hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Forum ...

"It was the spiritual song – or Negro Spiritual – that gave hope to American slaves as they cried out to God, asking him to send a “Moses” to lead them out of their bondage as He did with the Hebrew ...

During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

Presenter: M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D. This lecture explores the figure of Mary Magdalene as interpreted through Negro or African American Spirituals. Special focus is given to the resurrection ...

Barbara D. Baker will direct this weekend's Houston Ebony Opera Guild performances, showcasing a historical music genre that dates to the slavery era. The Houston African American Gala's annual ...

As the United States enters its 250 th year, it boasts a rich and varied musical legacy. But for conductor Everett McCorvey, American Negro spirituals stand apart from the rest of the country’s ...

In just a few weeks the streets of Savannah will be buzzing with people who have expectations of experiencing another exciting year at the Savannah Music Festival. This annual 17-day festival begins ...

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 ...

The musical runs through Jan. 29. Tickets are available online at asf.net, or by calling the ASF box office at 334-271-5353. Real history and amazing songs blend in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s new ...