The 15th Annual Liberal Arts Symposium featuring
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Music and Society: Notes from the
Cultural Autobiography
of a Freedom Singer
Friday, April 3, 2009, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
David Friend Recital Hall
921 Boylston Street
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With Choral music sung by Berklee students and directed by Renese King '90, choral director, Union United Methodist, Waymark SDA Churches.
Instrumentals arranged and led by Terri Lyne Carrington, Percussion Department.
Original music by Mark Simos, Songwriting Department, and Keppie Coutts '07, project coordinator in the Office for Cultural Diversity.
Original music by the student winner of the Songwriting and Social Change Contest.
Bernice Johnson Reagon is professor emeritus of history at American University. A singer and composer, Reagon recently retired from performing with Sweet Honey in the Rock, the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble she founded in 1973. The recipient of the 2003 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities for her work as a scholar and artist in African American cultural history and music, Reagon serves as curator emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
RSVP to Lena Serpa at mserpa@berklee.edu or 617 747-2552.
Cosponsored by the Liberal Arts Department, the Professional Education Division, the Office for Cultural Diversity, and the Office of Faculty Development.
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