Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
WJCMS closed the 2020–21 season with Journeying Together, a free live-streamed concert on Sunday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The West Jersey Chamber Chorale paired spirituals from the African-American and European-American traditions of the 1860s, exploring the commonalities that led both communities on a journey to heaven.
The program included arrangements by composers Moses Hogan, Alice Parker, Hall Johnson, and Jester Hairston, among others. Our talented singers, plus host Ivan Woods, contrasting the roots, characteristics, and themes shared among these musical traditions.
This free program was broadcast online.
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“The Performers”
Ivan Woods, narrator
This program includes such traditional spirituals as “Walk Together, Children,” “Let the Church Roll On,” and “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal,” among others.
This concert is generously sponsored by DJK Roofing LLC.
WJCMS is grateful to Cigna for its support.
Funding is made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts / Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts through a grant to the Burlington County Board of Commissioners.
