MLK Upcoming Events: Sweet Honey in the Rock
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002 at 7:30 p.m.: Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform in Langford Auditorium.
Tickets are General Admission - $15 adults; $10 ALL students
with ID's
Available at all Ticketmaster Outlets. Charge by phone:615-255-9600. Internet:
www.ticketmaster.com For more information, visit Sweet
Honey in the Rock's web site.
Sweet Honey in the Rock is an a capella ensemble
of six African American women that transcends the technologically enhanced
music of the day. Their sound has been described as being like that of
a rushing wind, the splash of a waterfall, the crashing of waves, an eagle's
scream as it soars through the air. Their music even touches those who
cannot hear but who can feel and see the music as it is communicated through
the fluid hands of a Sign Language interpreter.
Sweet Honey is brought into being through the powerful gift of
five distinctive voices, an array of hand and foot percussion instruments
and the skilled hands of an American Sign Language interpreter to deliver
her compelling message of song. Her repertoire is rooted in the rich tradition
of the African American church and grounded in the freedom songs of the
Civil Rights Movement. Her versatility extends to spirituals, gospel,
hymns, the blues, jazz, rap, reggae, doo-wop and traditional African music.
Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the ever-evolving ensemble,
refers to the dynamic of the group in full song as "the magic"
that is Sweet Honey. Joining Reagon are singers Ysaye Maria Barnwell,
Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard and Sign Language interpreter
Shirley Childress Saxton. Together these individuals with their remarkable
talents, personalities and accomplishments have created a musical group
that the world has come to love.
In 1989, Sweet Honey won a Grammy for her contribution
to A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly on Smithsonian
Folkways/Columbia. That same year, she was the recipient of two other
national awards for outstanding children's recording for All for Freedom.
In 1993 and 1994, the Contemporary A Capella Society (CAS) honored Sweet
Honey with top awards. In 1995, the group received the National Black
Arts
Festival Award for Distinguished Achievement as did pioneer African American
poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
The parable from which the group got its name tells us of a land where
when rocks were cracked open, honey would flow from them. Throughout the
years, Sweet Honey has honored her name and her heritage with a rock-solid
message and an exquisite sound. She has endured, true to her expanding
participant communities.
For more information, please call 615-322-2457.
Directions to campus location and parking.
Reaching
Us:
Office
of the University Chaplain
(Phone)615-322-2457
(Fax)615-343-8355
(E-mail) gay.h.welch@vanderbilt.edu
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