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Tuskegee Golden Voices Choir

CONCERT MARCH 3

The Tuskegee University Golden Voices Choir will present a concert here at Calvary on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m.

The performance is free. All are welcome. If you are interested in helping with the expenses of this concert, please see Mark DuVall. Thanks!

The famous Tuskegee Choir is an organization steeped in more than a century of pride and the richest of choral traditions. Since its inception, the Tuskegee Choir has served as an artistic model while carving its place in American history. ...read more

MORE ABOUT THE GOLDEN VOICES CHOIR

The Tuskegee University Golden Voices Choir is kicking off its Spring 2009 Tour on Feb. 26 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The world-renowned ensemble is continuing a tradition of excellence and exposure to the masses. Music has played a significant role in the life of Tuskegee University since its inception.

Founder and first president Booker T. Washington encouraged his instructors to teach the folk songs/spirituals to their students so that they might appreciate the beauty and resilience represented by them.

“We continue to remember and to celebrate the music of our heritage, past and present,” said Dr. Wayne Barr, choir director

The choir’s beginnings are credited to Washington. In the late 1800s, Washington enlisted students to sing spirituals at weekly services in the school chapel. Under the leadership of the renowned composer and educator William Levi Dawson, the Tuskegee
Choir rose to international prominence with appearances at Radio City Music Hall in New York, the White House (1932), Constitution Hall (1946), and a host of popular television shows. The 1955 recording, The Tuskegee Choir Sings Spirituals is still widely
hailed today as one of the best recordings of spirituals. The choir has also performed at the request of national leaders, such as President John F. Kennedy and William Jefferson
Clinton.

In 2006, the Golden Voices, led by Barr and accompanied by Lynda Garcia, produced a CD, Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit. The Spring 2009 Tour program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Ticheli, Maurice Duruflé, Ulysses Kay, Adolphus Hailstork and William L. Dawson.