In this special presentation of Binder podcast, More Than Rhythm host and ethnomusicologist Dr. Birgitta Johnson interviews Dr. Tony McNeill, leader of the Heritage Celebration Chorale, an aggregation of choral music educators, enthusiasts, and vocal artists from the Carolinas and Georgia. They discuss the history of the Black sacred music tradition and its role in American music culture today.

More Than Rhythm: A Black Music Series is presented by the Baker & Baker Foundation with programmatic support provided by the Friends of African American Art & Culture. This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Music in order of appearance:

"Ezekiel Saw De Wheel" - Fisk University Singers

"The New York Glide" - Ethel Waters with Albury's Blue and Jazz Seven

Performed by the Heritage Celebration Chorale:

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" - James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson

"Nia" (Purpose) from The Nguzo Saba Suite, Op. 14, No. 5 - Glenn Edward Burleigh

"The Beatitudes" - Arr. Gale Jones Murphy

"Our God Who Art in Heaven" - Tune: NETTLETON, Text: Tony McNeil

"I Done Done What You Told Me to Do" - Arr. Uzee Brown

"We Shall Overcome" - Arr. Uzee Brown

"Amazing Grace" - Tune: NEW BRITAIN, Arr. Evelyn Simpson Curenton

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Binder PodcastBy Columbia Museum of ArtApr 23, 2024