Barbara D. Baker will direct this weekend's Houston Ebony Opera Guild performances, showcasing a historical music genre that dates to the slavery era. The Houston African American Gala's annual ...

"It was the spiritual song – or Negro Spiritual – that gave hope to American slaves as they cried out to God, asking him to send a “Moses” to lead them out of their bondage as He did with the Hebrew ...

During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

Whether it was a meeting, a march or a protest, during the Civil Rights Movement, there was always music. Negro spirituals and gospel songs were a common part of life for African American activists.

(RNS) — ‘Fisk Jubilee Singers are artists and do not limit themselves to just Negro spirituals,’ its director said. ‘There’s versatility in our choice of music when we have celebrations.’ (RNS) — A ...

The Sound of Gospel Music, presented by the Rochester, Minnesota branch of the NAACP, takes the audience on an expansive historical musical journey featuring praise and worship (devotions and hymns), ...

Walking into a recent rehearsal of the New Orleans Black Chorale evoked thoughts of being in heaven and hearing soulful angels singing. “The beautifulness is the richness, the tonality, (that) we ...

Can white people sing “Go Down, Moses,” “Hammer, Ring” and other Negro spirituals? Or rather, should they during a Black History Month concert called “Spirituals: From Ship to Shore?” One Black ...

The Grammy-nominated singer jumped from gospel to opera to spirituals to jazz; he considered it all sacred. In 1981, an industry newcomer named Jubilant Sykes released his debut album, Number of the ...

The concert series Arts Under the Dome will host the Bethune-Cookman University Inspirational Gospel Choir at 7 p.m. Friday. The 30-member choir will perform a wide range of music, including ...

The culminating event illuminates the Concert Hall stage Saturday evening when the National Symphony Orchestra, gospel legend Walter Hawkins and the Washington Performing Arts Society Men and Women of ...