Every Voice and Sing - About Black Choral Music

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A 5-part radio series on black choral music, Every Voice and Sing!, premiered earlier this year and has since been carried by 241 public radio stations. The series was a collaborative production of EVT Education Productions, Inc. and WGBO Jazz 88.3 FM, hosted and narrated by National Public Radio's Michele Norris, and produced by Eric V. Tait, Jr. and Ann S. Hayward, who were also responsible for the 13-part radio series, Then I'll be Free To Travel Home, about Manhattan's 17th century African burial ground.

The good news is that the entire program is now available for on-demand listening at the EVT website. And best of all, the website includes complete program transcripts and a list of the over 200 recorded examples used throughout the series. This is an excellent resource for educators and those interested in the history of gospel music.

Every Voice and Sing! attempts to cover the entire history of black religious music, but with a particular focus on the importance of choirs in the birth, growth and survival of historically black colleges and universities.