Soprano Randye Jones and Pianist Marlys Grimm Will Present Evening of Negro Spirituals at Grinnell College Saturday, April 27
News Releases 2013-04-22
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Grinnell, Iowa -- Soprano Randye Jones and pianist Marlys Grimm will present an evening of Negro spirituals at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in Herrick Chapel at Grinnell College. The concert is open to the public at no charge.
"Based on the folk songs of the antebellum era, this American art form recalls the soul-stirring music of an enslaved people," Jones notes. Composers such as Margaret Bonds, H. T. Burleigh and Moses Hogan add influences of blues, jazz, gospel and classicism to their resetting of these spirituals.
Selections from the program will be referenced in an upcoming lecture on using dialect in concert performance of spirituals. Jones is scheduled to present the lecture at the REAP National Conference on Spirituals in June 2013.
About Randye Jones Randye Jones received her B.A. degree in music education from Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., and earned her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Florida State University, Tallahassee. She is currently a doctoral student in vocal literature at the University of Iowa, where she studies with Stephen Swanson.
Jones has gained recognition for her research of and published writings on African-American vocalists and composers, and as a performer and lecturer through her project, The Art of the Negro Spiritual. She has presented at conferences such as the Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Jones serves on the library staff at Grinnell College.
About Marlys Grimm Marlys Grimm attended Sheldon High School and Central College, where she studied piano with Donald Gren.
She has collaborated at Dordt, Northwestern, Grinnell and Central colleges in student and faculty recitals. Grimm has accompanied high school, college, community and professional singers, instrumentalists and choruses throughout Iowa and at National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions. With husband Norm conducting, she has played for numerous conference, district and regional choral festivals, including the 1993 Opus Boys Honor Choir.
Grimm is currently the accompanist for the Grinnell Oratorio Society and staff accompanist at Central College and Newton High School.
For More Information Additional information is available at 641/821-0188 or www.artofthenegrospiritual.com.
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