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SUMMARY:Carry Me Home: A Story of the Underground Railroad Told with Song and Narrative
DESCRIPTION:A concert of Negro spirituals performed by soprano Randye Jones and pianist Marlys Grimm. The spirituals\, set by composer Harry T. Burleigh\, along with Norm Grimm’s reading of excerpts from a slave narrative\, tell a story of the historic Underground Railroad and an escapee who took the perilous journey to freedom. The program is free and open to the public. For more information\, please email randyej@randyejones.com.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/carry-me-home-a-story-of-the-underground-railroad-told-in-song-3/
LOCATION:Herrick Chapel\, Grinnell College\, 1128 Park St.\, Grinnell\, IA\, 50112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Recitals and Concerts
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SUMMARY:Research Unbound: Carry Me Home
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m.\, September 14\, as we continue our Faculty/Staff Research Series with Randye Jones\, cataloging and media assistant at the Grinnell College Libraries\, for her Research Unbound talk\, Carry Me Home: A Lecture. Negro spirituals have long been connected with the Underground Railroad\, serving as a means to communicate between the enslaved who wished to escape bondage and those who provided passage through the secret routes that led to freedom. Now more than a century beyond those dangerous times\, the folk songs of that era serve as inspiration for concert performance. Refreshments will be served. \nSoprano\, author\, and music researcher Randye Jones is a native of Greensboro\, North Carolina. She had her first exposure to Negro spirituals—and German hymns—growing up in her home church. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Greensboro’s Bennett College\, studying with Mary Jane Crawford\, and her master’s degree in vocal performance from the Florida State University in Tallahassee\, where she studied with Barbara Ford and Enrico di Giuseppe. She continued her studies in vocal literature at the University of Iowa\, studying with Stephen Swanson. While at Florida State\, Jones expanded her musical interests to include both music research—especially related to vocal music by African American musicians—and music librarianship. She became a music cataloger at the university\, followed by additional library work at George Washington University in Washington\, D.C. Jones currently catalogs and manages the media collections for the libraries at Grinnell College in Grinnell\, Iowa. \nJones authored her first book\, So You Want to Sing Spirituals\, as part of The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) series\, So You Want to Sing. Published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2019\, the guide looks at the history of the concert spiritual and effective approaches for introducing the songs to the vocal music community. Her second book\, Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals\, 1916-2022–a compilation describing more than 5\,600  commercially recorded tracks\, was published by McFarland and Co. in May 2023. She also serves as a member of the NATS/Rowman & Littlefield Editorial Board. \nAs a researcher\, Jones has been a pioneer in the production of websites featuring the achievements of African American vocalists. She created the website Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music\, which launched in 1998\, as well as her past work through her online radio broadcast stations\, Afrocentric Voices Radio\, and Afrocentric Sounds. In 2015\, Jones launched the Spirituals Database\, a site with information on more than six thousand concert spiritual recording tracks by an international array of singers. She has also published several online articles\, including “The Gospel Truth about the Negro Spiritual” and essays on tenor Roland Hayes’s recording\, “Were You There\,” and Marian Anderson’s “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand\,” recordings which were selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. Jones recently served as the Humanities Scholar\, consulting for the musical production\, Dear Mr. Duncan\, based on the life of baritone Todd Duncan. \nIn addition to her activities as a recitalist\, Jones has been a presenter or panelist at Growing The Voices: Festival 500\, the Research\, Education\, Activism\, and Performance (REAP) National Conference on Spirituals\, the Harry T. Burleigh Society program\, and the Tennessee Chapter of NATS workshop\, as well as conferences sponsored by the African American Art Song Alliance (AAASA)\, the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM)\, the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)\, and the Music Library Association (MLA). She was interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 2016 documentary\, Spirituals: The Foundation of Popular Music\, and was the featured presenter for the 2015 Dean’s Convocation at William Penn University\, Oskaloosa\, Iowa. \nOf the honors for her work\, Jones most recently received the 2021 Florence Price Award for Advocacy\, 2022 MLA Citation for a lifetime of contributions to the research of the Negro spiritual and advocacy of paraprofessional member participation within the organization\, and AAASA’s 2022 Willis C. Patterson Research Award.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/research-unbound-carry-me-home/
LOCATION:Burling Library\, Grinnell College\, 1111 6th Ave.\, Grinnell\, IA\, 50112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Art of the Spiritual Webinar
DESCRIPTION:To commemorate #Juneteenth 2022\, Holland & Knight’s Diversity Council is hosting an informative virtual program about Negro spirituals – the soulful\, often religious songs initially used by enslaved persons to communicate with and encourage one another. \nRamona La Roche\, Ph.D.\, the Cultural Heritage Informaticist for the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center\, will moderate a discussion with Angel Refusé\, opera singer and artistic scholar\, and Randye Jones\, opera singer and music historian. The presentation will explore the musical elements of a spiritual\, as well as the significance and importance of spirituals in the Black American experience. #HKInclusion \nRegister Link:\nhttps://www.hklaw.com/…/2022/06/the-art-of-the-spiritual
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/art-of-the-spiritual-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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SUMMARY:TN NATS Fall 2021 Workshop - SPIRITUALS
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing will hold its 2021 workshop with a focus on spirituals and feature lectures by Randye Jones and performance and masterclasses by Ollie Watts Davis and Casey Robards. Live events will be held at the Martin Center for the Arts\, East Tennessee State University. \nJones’ lectures cover a discussion of the spiritual based on how they were grouped in her book\, So You Want to Sing Spirituals\, and using video examples performed by master interpreters of the concert spiritual\, as well as a presentation on interpretation of concert spirituals\, specifically use of dialect and improvisation.  \nContact the chapter for more information.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/tn-nats-fall-2021-workshop-spirituals/
LOCATION:Martin Center for the Arts\, 1320 W. State of Franklin\, Johnson City\, TN\, 37614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Lectures
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SUMMARY:Researching the Negro Spiritual
DESCRIPTION:Presentation with Kathleen Abromeit (Oberlin Conservatory) \nAbstract: With the expanding interest in African American music\, Negro spirituals have grown in importance for both the performer and researcher. There are numerous resources available to support the exploration of spirituals. Still\, the question often comes down to discovering what those resources are and how to make them available to patrons. This session presents two online research tools. The Spirituals Database by Randye Jones is currently under contract for publication. Her database offers searchable access to recorded track information for concert Negro Spiritual settings performed by solo classical vocalists. The Spirituals Database contains over 5\,700 entries. Kathleen Abromeit’s database\, An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice\, contains over 6\,000 entries and indexes anthologies that contain spirituals. Abromeit’s index was published in 1999\, and she is currently working on the 2nd edition of the work. The presentation will include a demonstration of both databases and reflect on the significance of this research.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/researching-the-negro-spiritual/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting\, Online Presentation
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SUMMARY:The Art of the Negro Spiritual
DESCRIPTION:Presentation on performing concert spirituals for solo voice as well as discussion of whether non-Black singers should study and perform spirituals. For undergraduate and graduate voice students at University of Iowa
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/the-art-of-the-negro-spiritual/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting\, Online Presentation
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SUMMARY:Paraprofessional Showcase-MLA Conference
DESCRIPTION:Randye Jones will give a presentation about her current research activities\, including her recently released book\, So You Want to Sing Spirituals: A Guide for Performers\, and the new project\, Recorded Concert Spirituals: A Guide for Solo Vocalists. \nThis Music Library Association Conference Paraprofessional Showcase session will highlight the work of Paraprofessional Members of the Association through a series of five “lightning” presentations. These short presentations will convey the many different hats that library support staff wear and describe their projects and accomplishments in a variety of presenter-proposed areas. This session seeks to encourage participation of library support staff in the Association and provide a forum to acknowledge and celebrate their work. Attendees will leave with an increased understanding of the work done by library support staff\, as well as a list of professional development resources for library support staff.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/paraprofessional-showcase-mla-conference/
LOCATION:Hilton Norfolk The Main\, 100 East Main Street\, Norfolk\, VA\, 23510\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191228T153000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: "So You Want to Sing Spirituals"
DESCRIPTION:Author and musician Randye Jones will discuss her new book\, So You Want to Sing Spirituals: A Guide for Performers. \nAlthough the book covers a range of subjects related to studying concert spirituals both for solo voice and choral forces\, Jones’ current plan for the talk is to discuss the beautiful “rare gems” in the spirituals song literature and their composers. \nJones’ book talk will serve as an opportunity for attendees to participate as well—after all you can’t talk about singing without doing some. \nThe book talk and signing is presented by the Coaliation for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA): \n \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\nThe event is free and open to the public.  For more information\, please contact research@artofthenegrospiritual.com. \n\nAbout the Presenters \nSoprano and musical historian Randye Jones is a native of Greensboro\, North Carolina. As has often been the case with other African American singers\, she had her first exposure to Negro spirituals—and German hymns—in her home church. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Bennett College and her master’s degree in vocal performance from Florida State University\, with additional studies in vocal literature at the University of Iowa. While at Florida State\, Jones expanded her musical interests to include both music research—especially related to vocal music by African American musicians—and music librarianship. She became a music cataloger at the university\, followed by additional library work at George Washington University in Washington\, D.C. Jones currently holds the position of media collections coordinator for the libraries at Grinnell College in Grinnell\, Iowa. As a researcher\, Jones has been a pioneer in producing web sites featuring research of African American vocalists. She created the website Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music\, which launched in 1998. More recently\, Jones launched the Spirituals Database\, a site with information on over 5\,000 concert spiritual recording tracks. She has also published several online articles\, including “The Gospel Truth about the Negro Spiritual” and essays on recordings by singers Roland Hayes and Marian Anderson that were selected for the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. In addition to her activities as a singer and lecturer in the Midwestern United States\, Jones has presented at the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM)\, the Research\, Education\, Activism\, and Performance (REAP) National Conference on Spirituals\, for the Harry T. Burleigh Society\, at the African American Art Song Alliance and the Music Library Association (MLA) conferences. She was interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 2016 documentary\, Spirituals: The Foundation of Popular Music.  \nPianist Francis Conlon has performed at most of the colleges and concert halls and has partnered with countless soloists and chamber ensembles in the Washington\, D.C. area. He has performed in many different cities throughout the United States\, Canada\, Central America\, Europe\, Japan\, and India\, including at Carnegie Hall in New York City\, the Gardner Museum in Boston\, Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia\, and locally at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, the National Gallery\, the Phillips Collection\, the Corcoran Gallery\, the Library of Congress\, the Smithsonian Institution\, and Wolf Trap Farm Park.  He has appeared as concerto soloist with the Montreal Chamber Orchestra\, the Alexandria Symphony\, the Georgetown Symphony\, the Washington Chamber Orchestra\, the Washington Camerata\, the Amadeus Orchestra\, the Catholic University Orchestra\, and the George Washington University Orchestra. Mr. Conlon has taught at George Washington University\, Catholic University School of Music\, George Mason University School of Music\, Georgetown University\, the Ellington School of the Arts\, the Levine School of Music\, and the Sidwell Friends School.  He has served as Minister of Music at the Church of the Annunciation for 50 years and as the Director of Music at Temple Rodef Shalom for 47 years\, and he has run the Catherine and Mary Roth Concert Series for many years.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/book-talk-so-you-want-to-sing-spirituals-2/
LOCATION:Oxon Hills Branch Library\, 6200 Oxon Hill Rd\, Oxon Hill\, MD\, 20745\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book talk
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: So You Want to Sing Spirituals
DESCRIPTION:Author and musician Randye Jones will discuss her new book\, So You Want to Sing Spirituals: A Guide for Performers. \nAlthough the book covers a range of subjects related to studying concert spirituals both for solo voice and choral forces\, Jones’ current plan for the talk is to focus on the question of whether non-Black students should study and perform these songs. The presentation will spend some time on historical concerns\, on points to consider when deciding whether to study spirituals\, and on some thoughts about using dialect in performance. \nWhile researching for the book\, Jones drew from resources at the libraries of Grinnell College\, which encouraged enhancement of their score\, recordings\, and books collections in the area of concert spiritual performance. Jones plans to share a bibliography of materials available in the libraries as well as to have some of this material on display for the talk. \nJones’ book talk will serve as an opportunity for attendees to participate as well—after all you can’t talk about singing without doing some. \nThe book talk is free and open to the public. \n 
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/book-talk-so-you-want-to-sing-spirituals/
LOCATION:Burling Library\, Grinnell College\, 1111 6th Ave.\, Grinnell\, IA\, 50112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book talk
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SUMMARY:Carry Me Home: A Story of the Underground Railroad Told in Song
DESCRIPTION:A concert of Negro spirituals performed by soprano Randye Jones and pianist Marlys Grimm. The spirituals\, set by composer Harry T. Burleigh\, along with excerpts from slave narratives\, tell a story of the historic Underground Railroad and the escapees who took the perilous journey to freedom. The program is free and open to the public.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/carry-me-home-a-story-of-the-underground-railroad-told-in-song/
LOCATION:Herrick Chapel\, Grinnell College\, 1128 Park St.\, Grinnell\, IA\, 50112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Recitals and Concerts
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SUMMARY:Carry Me Home: A Story of the Underground Railroad Told in Song
DESCRIPTION:A concert of Negro spirituals performed by soprano Randye Jones and pianist Marlys Grimm. The spirituals\, set by composer Harry T. Burleigh\, along with excerpts from slave narratives\, tell a story of the historic Underground Railroad and the escapees who took the perilous journey to freedom.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/carry-me-home-a-story-of-the-underground-railroad-told-in-song-2/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 220 N. 2nd Ave. E.\, Newton\, IA\, 50208\, United States
CATEGORIES:Recitals and Concerts
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SUMMARY:Must You Be Black to Sing Spirituals?
DESCRIPTION:Author and musician Randye Jones will discuss the question of whether non-Black singers–either soloists or choirs–should study and perform Negro spirituals. She will spend some time on historical concerns\, on points to consider when deciding whether to study spirituals and on some thoughts about using dialect in performance. Jones’ presentation will serve as an opportunity for attendees to participate as well—after all\, how can folks talk about singing without doing some. \nThe program is free and open to the public.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/must-you-be-black-to-sing-spirituals/
LOCATION:Marshelltown Public Library\, 105 W Boone St\, Marshalltown\, IA\, 50158\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T193000
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SUMMARY:It's Ladies' Night--Spirituals by Women Composers
DESCRIPTION:Soprano Randye Jones and pianist Marlys Grimm present a mini-program of spirituals by Margaret Bonds\, Florence Price\, Maria Thompson\, Undine Smith Moore\, Julia Perry and Betty Jackson King.
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/its-ladies-night-spirituals-by-women-composers/
LOCATION:Carman Center\, Mayflower Community\, 616 Broad St.\, Grinnell\, IA\, 50112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Recitals and Concerts
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SUMMARY:Reflecting on the Past...Reaching toward the Future\, II
DESCRIPTION:This conference focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance from September 12-15\, 2019. Through a series of lectures\, panels and performances by leading scholars\, composers and performers\, attendees will discuss rediscovered operas\, have conversations on the newly created operas on African American themes\, hear a workshop performance of Edmonia by William Banfield\, discuss sociopolitical musical thought\, and the 400 year suite (commemorating 400 years since the beginning of slavery)\, discuss innovations in art song curation\, discuss institutional aspects of diverse faculty and student development\, composer discussions about the creation and delivery of African American music\, explore the work of composer/preachers\, creating sustainable organizations for African American music\, discuss the salon for building black musical thought and much more. \nRandye Jones is scheduled to be a panelist at this conference Friday\, September 13\, at 9:30 a.m. \n\nRegistration is free. To complete the required registration and for more information about the conference please visit smtd.umich.edu/aamc-register \nProgram for the conference: http://smtd.umich.edu/…/2019_Videmus_Program_Book_WEBSITES.… \nConference panels will be live-streamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-ev…/live-stream-watkins/ \n\n 
URL:http://randyejones.com/event/reflecting-on-the-past-reaching-toward-the-future-ii/
LOCATION:E. V. Moore Building (University of Michigan)\, 1100 Baits Dr.\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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