John Malveaux: 'Hear Jessye Norman in conversation with Deborah Borda Thursday, May 15, 2014 on the occasion of her new memoir at the Los Angeles Public Library'

Stand Up Straight And Sing! (336 pages)
Jessye Norman

 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:

Please hear Jessye Norman in conversation with Deborah Borda Thursday, May 15, 2014 on the occasion of her new memoir at the Los Angeles Public Library http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/e-media/podcasts/aloud/stand-straight-and-sing

 

Thanks,

John

Los Angeles Public Library

On the occasion of her new memoir, one of America’s most beloved and accomplished classical singers shares her life story: a descendant of generations of hardworking slaves and free ancestors who grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism in the south as the civil rights movement was at its nascence. Nurtured by a close family and a tight-knit community centered on the local church, Jessye Norman grew up singing songs and spirituals within a tight-knit community. Decades later, after a meteoric rise at the Berlin Opera, a debut at the Metropolitan Opera and forays into blues, jazz and other roots music she has become one of America’s cultural treasures