Music and the Black Church News

In the early 1890s, Dvořák, was introduced to Black American spirituals by the American composer Harry Burleigh.

Donald Lawrence and Vincent Bohanan, performed with their ensembles alongside a community choir comprising singers from New Haven area.

A semester course that teaches students to develop a vocabulary for describing the form and function of this genre of religious speech.

Professor Braxton Shelley received four awards for his book, Healing for the Soul: Richard Smallwood, the Vamp, and the Gospel Imagination.

Professor Braxton Shelley’s has been collaborating with Libby Van Cleve to establish a series of one-on-one interviews with leaders in gospel music.

Pamela Jean Davis, Minister of Music at the Fountain Church in Houston, TX, received a standing ovation for her medley of gospel favorites.

ISM sponsored “A Celebration of Gospel”, an evening of music that spans generations and unites multiple threads that is black gospel music.

An opportunity to experience the rich musical traditions that fill sanctuaries and give sanctuary: spirituals and gospels, hymns and anthems.

On November 3, 2021, the ISM presented a meditation on Black gospel song.

Bios of the panel for Ministering through the Arts: Tradition and Innovation

Esteemed gospel musicians, interspersed the Meditation on Black Gospel Song with instrumental solos.