Grammy-nominated Fisk Jubilee Singers to perform at TTU
The 7 p.m. concert in Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts Building is also a Center Stage event and is free and open to the public. The concert is just one of several special events on campus celebrating Black History Month.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, a cappella vocal artists and students of Fisk University in Nashville, travel the world regularly. Performing since 1871, the singers are one of America’s foremost vocal ensembles and premier performers of pre-Civil War slave spirituals. Such songs have influenced many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, gospel and rock ’n’ roll.
The group was nominated for a 2010 Grammy along with gospel and blues vocalist Jonny Lang for the song “I Believe” on Lang’s album, “Oh Happy Day.” The Jubilee Singers were last nominated for a Grammy for their 2003 recording “In Bright Mansions.”
In addition, the annual Malcolm Moya Gospel Extravaganza hosted by TTU’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and Trinity Baptist Church will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, in the Roaden University Center’s Multipurpose Room.
