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Carry Me Home: A Story of the Underground Railroad Told with Song and Narrative
Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College 1128 Park St., GrinnellA 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 […]
Research Unbound: Carry Me Home
Burling Library, Grinnell College 1111 6th Ave., GrinnellPlease 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 […]
Book Talk: “So You Want to Sing Spirituals”
Oxon Hills Branch Library 6200 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon HillAuthor and musician Randye Jones will discuss her new book, So You Want to Sing Spirituals: A Guide for Performers. Although 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 […]