Tag: Belva Davis
Never a Dull Moment!
A New Years Message from our Director - Dr Lynne Morrow
Well, we’ve kicked off our 26th season with a multimedia presentation of African American spirituals. This concert was also a tribute to the great, contemporary spirituals arranger, Moses Hogan. He died too young and this was his anniversary year.
We started off the season with a [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2007 under Performance, Thoughts and Musings.
Tags: Belva Davis, Bill Bell, Deutsche Mottete, Green Music Festival, Moses Hogan, Strauss
Comments: 6
A Story of Freedom - The Concerts!
Wow!! So, I was a little worried that I (and more than a few other “Peemers”) was a bit in denial about the fact that we REALLY were going to sing these Spirituals concerts from memory. Yikes! I had a lot of work to do, but after the experiences I just had singing those concerts, [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2006 under Performance.
Tags: Belva Davis, Berkeley City Club, Bill Bell, Jacqueline Hairston, Spirituals
Comments: 2
Getting Ready for “A Story of Freedom”
Getting Ready for “A Story of Freedom: a multimedia presentation of Spirituals” by Antonia Van Becker
O.K. I am now officially excited about our next concert series: A Story of Freedom: An Evening of Spirituals. I’m not exactly sure what set me off, but when I was cramming this Thanksgiving weekend to memorize the 20+ songs [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2006 under Performance.
Tags: Belva Davis, Moses Hogan, Oakland Museum, Spirituals
Comments: 1