Randye Jones
www.artofthenegrospiritual.com
Dr. Damani Phillips
Randye Jones writes:
Greetings, Bill.
Please share the notice below on your blog. Pictures attached. Thanks, Randye
Iowa
area musicians will gather in Herrick Chapel to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the 13th Amendment with “Up from the Roots.” The program
focuses on the African American influence on music from the end of the
American Civil War to the Civil Rights’ Movement of the mid-20th
Century.
The program will feature soprano Randye Jones and
saxophonist Damani Phillips along with Grinnell College’s Young, Gifted
and Black Gospel Choir.
"We are taking a different approach to
the impact African Americans have had on the history and culture of the
United States," Jones said. "We want to look at the role they played in
shaping the musical development of this country by touching briefly on
the roots, the Negro Spiritual,
and some of its many branches, namely Gospel music, Blues, Jazz, Rhythm
and Blues, and even how African Americans influence the world of
Western Classical music.
Jones holds her Bachelor of Arts
degree in Music Education from Bennett College in her hometown of
Greensboro, North Carolina, and her Master of Music degree in Vocal
Performance from the Florida State University, Tallahassee. She is
currently a doctoral student in Vocal Literature at the University of
Iowa in Iowa City. Jones has gained recognition for her research of and
published writings on African American vocalists and composers and as a
performer and lecturer through her projects, The Art of the Negro
Spiritual, Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music, and the recently
published The Spirituals Database. She regularly presents
lecture-recitals and concerts or has served as a panelist at events such
as the Research, Education, Activism and Performance (REAP) National
Conference on Spirituals, African American Art Song Alliance Conference,
the National Association of Negro Musicians conference, and the
Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII in St. John’s,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Jones currently serves as the media
room supervisor for the libraries at Grinnell College.
Philips
is a native of Pontiac, Michigan, where he began playing at the age of 10.
Formerly on the music faculty at Grinnell College, he currently serves
as Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and African-American Studies at
the University of Iowa. He has earned Bachelor and Master of Music
degrees from DePaul University (Chicago) and The University of Kentucky
in classical saxophone, and a second Master of Music degree in Jazz
Studies from Wayne State University (Detroit). Phillips completed the
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies at the University of
Colorado at Boulder. An active performer, pedagogue and composer,
Phillips has taught and performed throughout the United States, England
and Japan and is actively sought as a guest artist, clinician and
adjudicator. As a performer, Phillips has performed with artists/groups
such as Lewis Nash, Christian McBride, Terrence Blanchard, Wycliffe
Gordon, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Belgrave, Terrell Stafford, Maceo Parker,
Pat Bianchi, Ira Sullivan, The Temptations, Red Holloway, Greg Gisbert,
the Lexington (KY) Philharmonic, the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony, the
touring Dave Matthews cover band “Crush” and many others. As a recording
artist, Phillips released his debut CD "Yaktown Nights" in 2004, “The
String Theory” in November of 2010 and “The Reckoning” in December of
2013. His most recent recording project "Duality,"a double album
featuring a unique synergy between straight-ahead jazz and hip hop
music, was released in August of 2015.
In addition to Young,
Gifted and Black, Jones and Phillips will be joined by pianists Marlys
Grimm and Ha Na Song, vocalist Gary Jackson, Sam Salamone, Hammond B3
organ, and Tim Crumley, drums.
"Up from the Roots" is
co-sponsored by the Grinnell College Office of Intercultural Affairs,
Grinnell College Libraries, and the Grinnell College Office of Diversity
and Inclusion. The program is free and open to the public.
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-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- | | Randye Jones |) | Soprano and Researcher /| | The Art of the Negro Spiritual ( | ) | research@artofthenegrospiritual.com | | www.artofthenegrospiritual.com | Phone: 641-821-0188
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