Lieder-Spirituals-Jazz: In Honor of Black History Month BUY NOW! UM
Gusman Concert Hall Alan Johnson and Shelly Berg, pianos Jeanette
Thompson, soprano Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano Frost voice faculty
artists Jeanette Thompson and Robynne Redmon sing in a voice recital
honoring the history and evolution of the Spiritual. Thompson has been
lauded throughout the world as a singer with great depth, warmth,
beauty, style and heart. Noted composers David Winkler, Craig Bohmler,
Steven Sametz, Ricky Ian Gordon and Thomas Cipullo have written works
expressly for her. Redmon has been hailed the world over for her
"glorious singing, intense acting, excellent phrasing, ardent tone,
splendid shading, solid coloratura and excellent artistic sense." (Das
Opernglas) A product of the introduction of Christianity into
slaves’s lives, Spirituals also became a coded means of
communicating resistance and escape. In time, Spirituals became a
formative piece in the development of jazz and blues and has remained
a source of inspiration to many jazz artists today. Categories:
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