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Tuskegee University Golden Voices Choir kicks off spring tour
The Tuskegee University Golden Voices Choir is kicking off its Spring 2009 Tour on Feb. 26 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The world-renowned ensemble is continuing a tradition of excellence and exposure to the masses. Music has played a significant role in the life of Tuskegee University since its inception. Founder and first president Booker T. Washington encouraged his instructors to teach the folk songs/spirituals to their students so that they might appreciate the beauty
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About the Choir |
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About the Director
Read about the renowned Director of the Golden Voices Concert Choir, Dr. Wayne A. Barr. Spirituals will remain very much a part of the choir's repertoire, but the new director of the Tuskegee University Golden Voices says he hopes the choir will "also rise to the challenge of a Faure Requiem,"
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| Meet the Talented Accompanist
Lynda Garcia, the talented accompanist for the Tuskegee University Golden Vocies Choir, began studying piano at the age of five. At twelve, she began playing professionally as a church pianist.
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| Choir History
The famous Tuskegee Choir is an organization steeped in more than a century of pride and the richest of choral traditions. Since its inception, the Tuskegee Choir has served as an artistic model while carving its place in American history.
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| The Tuskegee Song
In honor of Tuskegee University's 25th Anniversary in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar was asked by Founder, Booker T. Washington, to write a poem capturing the Tuskegee spirit.
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| William L. Dawson Tribute
Legendary composer, conductor and musician William Levi Dawson organized the School of Music at Tuskegee in 1931.
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| 2009 Spring Tour Schedule
The Spring 2009 Tour program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Ticheli, Maurice Duruflé, Ulysses Kay, Adolphus Hailstork and William L. Dawson.
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Accompanist
Lynda Garcia
(334) 727-8399
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Mailing Address
The Golden Voices Concert Choir
Dr. Wayne Barr, Director
c/o The University Chapel
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088
(334) 727-8394
wabarr@tuskegee.edu
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