Spirituals

Student Panel Discussion with Dr. Marti Newland:

Public Lecture by Dr. Marti Newland, “Singing Concert Spirituals on Campus: From Reconstruction to the Black Lives Matter Era”

Faculty Panel Discussion with Dr. Marti Newland, Dr. Anton Armstrong, and Dr. Marc David, moderated by Dr. Louis Epstein:

Do your homework! Here are some readings about the history and performance practice of concert spirituals:

Abbott, Lynn and Doug Seroff. To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition

Armstrong, Anton. Practical Performance Practice in the African American Slave Song.

Bibbs, Sushell. The Art of the Spiritual: Enhancing Performance of the Concert Spiritual

Graham, Sandra Jean. Spirituals and the Birth of the Black Entertainment Industry.

Guenther, Eileen. In Their Own Words: Slave Life and the Power of Spirituals

Newland, Marti. Sounding “Black”: An Ethnography of Racialized Vocality at Fisk University 

Steele, Claude M. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time) 

Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race.

Thomas, Andre J. Way Over in Beulah Lan’: Understanding and Performing the Negro Spiritual 

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