Amazing Grace: The American Spiritual traces the history of Black spirituals from Pre-Emancipation folk singing to the Black Lives Matter movement using visual art, music, prose, and poetry.
This multimedia experience also includes a companion webpage of anti-racism learning opportunities including recommended reading, podcast, music, movie, and documentary lists and ways to connect to advocacy organizations.
February 6, 2021 livestream performance from Sanford Performing Arts Center featuring the Oratorio Chorale and renowned activist-musicians Reginald Mobley and JanaeSound.
Developed in collaboration with the Sanford Performing Arts Center, the Handel and Haydn Society’s Every Voice Program, and Indigo Arts Alliance.
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.