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OTUFM 51-CS24/25-FE-DR 2025 039
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A Celebration of Black history through music : featuring University of Toronto Faculty of Music Gospel Choir
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- February 8, 2025 (Creation)
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1 MP4 file + 1 program
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(1918-current)
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File consists of a program and recording of an event that took place in Lyric Theatre.
Performers: University of Toronto Faculty of Music Gospel Choir ; Darren Hamilton, conductor and event curator ; Sharon Riley, gospel artist ; University of Toronto West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble ; Kwasi Dunyo, director
Program:
- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around / African American spiritual recorded by The Freedom Singers (Sinead Sullivan-Paul, Alyssa Rosolowski, Nathalie Winfield-Hicks, Ainsley deBoer, soloists)
- Goin' up yonder / Walter Hawkins, recording by Walter Hawkins and the Love Center Choir (Fraser Elsdon, Ana Garcia Flores, Alynia Allan, soloists)
- Swing low, sweet chariot / Wallace Willis, recorded by The Fisk Jubilee Singers (Nathalie Winfield-Hicks, Amanda Won, Charlotte Fowler, soloists)
- Chariot / Eleanor Adella Wright, recorded by Sharon Riley and Faith Chorale (Sharon Riley, guest soloist)
- Lift every voice and sing / James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson, arranged by Brandon Felder (Canadian premiere) (featuring Kwasi Dunyo and students from the West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble)
- Faith / Kirk Franklin and Allen Toussaint, recorded by God's Property (Julian Przybyslawski, Alyssa Rosolowski, soloists)
- Zigi ; Kpanlogo (West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble, directed by Kwasi Dunyo)
- Giving you my problems to work out / Eric McDaniel, recorded by Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir (Amanda Won, Erin Yip, Kimberly Brathwaite, soloists)
- God is on our side / Andrae Crouch and Luther "Mano" Hanes, recorded by Andrae Crouch
- Lily in the valley / John P. Kee, recorded by John P. Kee and the VIP Mass Choir (Kimberly Brathwaite, Ainsley deBoer, soloists)
- God is with me / Fred Hammond and David Ivey, recorded by Sharon Riley and Faith Chorale (Sharon Riley, guest soloist)
- Do you see them? / Aaron Manswell and Darren Hamilton (world premiere)
- Great expectation / Jules Bartholomew, recorded by J.J. Hairston and Youthful Praise (Fraser Elsdon, Amanda Won, Erin Yip, Ainsley deBoer, soloists).
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For a digital streaming copy of this concert, please contact the Music Library.
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- University of Toronto. Gospel Choir (Subject)
- Hamilton, Darren (Subject)
- University of Toronto. West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble (Subject)
- Dunyo, Kwasi (Subject)