March 2nd 2019
Zankel Hall,
Carnegie Hall
7:30 PM
The Harry T. Burleigh Society and the Fisk
Jubilee Singers® join in a historic performance celebrating Ella
Sheppard and Harry T. Burleigh, leaders of the concert spiritual
tradition. Performing spirituals inspired and arranged by Sheppard, an
original Fisk Jubilee Singer, and Harry T. Burleigh, the Fisk Jubilee
Singers® will sound the music of these under-heard cultural leaders, and
make calls for freedom.
March 3rd, 2019
May Room -
Weill Terrace Room,
Carnegie Hall
9 AM - 3 PM
The first academic conference hosted by the Harry T. Burleigh Society. The conference theme considers Burleigh's and Sheppard's impact on the concert spiritual genre, the historiographic limits of composer biography, Black art music aesthetics, and the liberatory capabilities within the work of Burleigh, Sheppard, and their contemporaries.
Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged.
Register Here
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