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Harry T. Burleigh Spirituals Festival

Celebrating and Preserving the African American Soundscape

Saturday, March 19th

8:00am to 5:30pm- Workshops and Clinics

Performing Arts Center, Tennessee State University

Clinicians, Lecturers, and Presenters:

Lori C. Hicks, DMA, soprano

Vocal Coach, Composer, Educator, and Administrator, Kentucky State University

Brandon Waddles, Ph.D.

Conductor, Composer, Music Director, and Professor, Wayne State University

Dr. Jean Snyder, Burleigh Biographer and Author, Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance

Dr. Louise Toppin, soprano

Director, Videmus Foundation and Records

and Professor, University of Michigan

Michelle Mckinney

Archivist, Griot, Singer, and Executive Director, Detroit Sound Conservancy

Sunday, March 20th

3:00pm- Pre-Concert Talk

4:00pm- Burleigh Festival Scholarship Concert

Honoring Artistry Rooted in the Black Church and the 50th Anniversary of Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace Album

Westwood Baptist Church-University Center

Available to view on Facebook/YouTube Live

All proceeds benefit the H.T. Burleigh Fund for Vocal Studies at Tennessee State University

Registration Link: https://tnstateu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PwwoGNYGh4mX0G

Donation Link: https://epay.tnstate.edu/C20204_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=429&SINGLESTORE=true

For further inquiries,

Patrick Dailey, MM

Founder and Director of the Big Blue Opera Initiatives at Tennessee State University

pdailey@tnstate.edu

Patrick Dailey

www.PatrickDaileyCT.com