Saturday, April 2, 2022
7:00 pm ET

$25.00

First Baptist Church**
56 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY

Join us for this compelling program celebrating the vitality and resilience of the human spirit expressed through African-American Spirituals. Through music and conversation, Soprano Yolanda F. Johnson conveys to the audience the depth and power of these songs, and illuminates their significance and place in history.

The program features many well-loved and familiar songs, including “Wade in the Water,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Go Down Moses,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and more. Also included is God Bless the Sabbath from Nkeiru Okoye’s opera, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom. 

This performance and conversation offer audiences new insights into the emotional, spiritual journey and hidden communication these songs conveyed for the enslaved Africans in America and the influence of spirituals on music of the Civil Rights Movement on through popular music.

Performers

• Yolanda F. Johnson, soprano

• Michael J. Eisenberg, piano

• Joyce Balint, violin

• Kate Dillingham cello

• Chris Conte, bass 

**Proof of vaccination and masks are required to attend this event

Presented by RiverArts’ Artist Conversation Series 

Producer, Marie-Louise Miller