[Peace] Community Sing w/ Ysaye Barnwell

[Laura Haber]

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Ysaye Barnwell, of the internationally acclaimed vocal quintet Sweet Honey in
the Rock, will be leading a Community Sing on Thursday, September 18, at 7pm in
the Main Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. All are welcome.
Parking is available in the parking garage across the street. Ysaye will be
teaching music from the African American tradition. Musical forms may include
calls, chants, spirituals, ring shouts, hymns, gospels, songs of resistance
from the Civil Rights and other freedom movements, and contemporary songs. Her
visit is in conjunction with performances by Sweet Honey in the Rock at
Krannert Center on 9/19 and 9/20.

Ysaye Barnwell has performed with the internationally acclaimed a cappella
quintet, Sweet Honey In The Rock since 1979. She appears as a vocalist (and/or
instrumentalist) on more than twenty-five recordings with Sweet Honey as well
as with other artists. She has worked as a commissioned composer on numerous
and varied projects, all outgrowths of her understanding of creative arts as
inextricably bound to society. Barnwell holds a doctorate in Speech Pathology,
has post-doctoral experience in Public Health, and has administered D.C.-based
community health projects in computer technology and the arts. 

Sweet Honey in the Rock is a Grammy Award-winning African American female a
cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the black
church - spirituals, hymns, gospel - as well as jazz and blues. The Sweet Honey
experience is like no other. Five African American women join their powerful
voices, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics,
movement and narrative that variously relate history, point the finger at
injustice, encourage activism, and sing the praises of love. The quintet, whose
words are simultaneously interpreted in uniquely expressive American Sign
Language, demands a just and humane world for all. 

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
l-haber at uiuc.edu

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