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Carry Me Home: A Story of the Underground Railroad Told in Song
First Presbyterian Church 220 N. 2nd Ave. E., NewtonA 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 […]
Must You Be Black to Sing Spirituals?
Marshelltown Public Library 105 W Boone St, MarshalltownAuthor 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 […]
It’s Ladies’ Night–Spirituals by Women Composers
Carman Center, Mayflower Community 616 Broad St., GrinnellSoprano 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.