Will the Circle Be Unbroken Opening Reception – O Mary
1 2020-05-12T12:38:38-07:00 Beth McDonald 16200cb3d5a875b72f65508a603e1bfceb2cda24 37308 2 The 2020 Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers perform “O Mary” arranged by Albert McNeil, with soloists Joyce Hudgies and David Lee, at the opening reception for the exhibit “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Sacred Music of the African American Diaspora” presented by the CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections. plain 2020-06-28T11:46:47-07:00 YouTube 2020-05-07T15:16:21Z 48ydpZl3ZBw CSUDH Library Beth McDonald 16200cb3d5a875b72f65508a603e1bfceb2cda24This page is referenced by:
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Opening the Exhibit
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On February 20, 2020, the Gerth Archives and Special Collections held a reception to celebrate the opening of this important new exhibit. Honorees included Dr. Hansonia Caldwell, collections donor and Emeritus professor of music at CSUDH; Sallyanne Payton, Los Angeles native and sponsor of the Georgia and Nolan Payton Sacred Music Archives; and Dr. Albert McNeil, who celebrated his 100th birthday less than a week earlier on February 14, 2020. Speakers included Mitch Avila, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities; Greg Williams, director of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections; Beth McDonald, archivist for the Sacred Music Collections and curator of the exhibit; Chuck Dickerson, current director of the CSUDH Jubilee Choir; and Michael Wright, a longtime member of the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers and friend of Dr. McNeil. Performances were given by Marlaina Owens and Hansonia Caldwell and the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers.
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The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
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The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers (AMJS), known as "America's foremost Negro choir," have played a significant role in the development of African American sacred music traditions in the United States and are among the most honored singing ensembles in the world. The AMJS was founded by choral director Albert McNeil. McNeil was inspired by the story of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, an all black college choir founded in 1871, made up of four black men and seven black women who gained international fame traveling throughout the United States and Europe giving concerts singing four-part a cappella arrangements of sacred songs called spirituals. In 1968, the AMJS went on their first European tour. Since then, they have travled the globe on 18 sold-out European tours, 12 tours of the United States and Canada, and tours of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South America. They were selected three times to serve the U.S. State Department and USIS Cultural Exchange Program, traveling to East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Iran, India, North and West Africa, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.
Hear the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers perform "I Wanna Be Ready," "In Dat Great Gettin Up Mornin," "O Happy Day," "John the Relevator," "Precious Lord," and "Go Down Moses."
Learn more about the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers in the Albert J. McNeil Collection and the Virginia L. White Collection.
