Richard Smallwood celebrated in Anthem of Praise concert
On April 19, College Street Music Hall hosted an evening celebrating the music of Richard Smallwood, curated by Donald Lawrence and hosted by Professor Braxton Shelley. Gospel luminaries Tramaine Hawkins, Karen Clark Sheard, BeBe Winans, The Walls Group, John Holiday, and Joseph Joubert joined forces with Smallwood’s ensemble Vision and a New Haven-area community choir to resound some of the most treasured pieces of contemporary gospel music, including “Angels,” “Bless The Lord,” “Secret Place,” “Thank You,” and “Total Praise.”
The event was presented by the ISM’s Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church and was cosponsored by the following schools and departments at Yale: Degraffenreidt Resource Fund and 320Y Fund, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, Yale Divinity School, Yale School of Music, Yale University Chaplains Office, Yale University Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Yale School of Art, The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of the Environment, Department of Religious Studies, Department of English, Department of Music, Department of African American Studies, Afro-American Cultural Center, Whitney Humanities Center, Theater and Performance Studies, Office of Belonging at Yale, and the Yale Schwarzman Center.