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Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music

Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music. Kathy Hillman , Associate Professor and Director of Baptist Collections and Library Advancement Tim Logan , Associate Vice President, Electronic Library. Introduction. Black gospel music – American treasure Foundation for:

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Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music

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  1. Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music Kathy Hillman, Associate Professor and Director of Baptist Collections and Library Advancement Tim Logan, Associate Vice President, Electronic Library

  2. Introduction • Black gospel music – American treasure • Foundation for: • Blues • Jazz • Ragtime • Rock and Roll • Country • Vanishing – 75% of recordings lost

  3. Black Gospel Music Restoration Project • People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music • Professor Robert Darden • NY Times op-ed piece – 2005 • Royce contact & gift – 2006 • Prichard Foundation – 2009 • 1,200 albums available • www.baylor.edu/lib/gospel

  4. 2013 Pruit Symposium • Ella and Lev Prichard Endowment PruitMemorial Symposium: “to bring the perspective of Christian intellectual tradition on contemporary issues of common concern” • “Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music” Organization led by Dean Pattie Orr and Professor Robert Darden

  5. 2013 PruitSymposium:Marching to Zion • Two-day event • Academic partnerships, community involvement, diversity • Gospel performances, intellectual discussion • African-American churches, Baylor faculty, Baylor’s diversity committee, Baptist General Convention of Texas leaders, Heavenly Voices

  6. 2013 PruitSymposium:Marching to Zion

  7. 2013 Pruit Symposium:Marching to Zion Academic presenters: • Dr. Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music History, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution • Dr. Emmett Price, Associate Professor, Music and African American Studies, Northeastern University • Dr. Birgitta Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology/African American Studies, University of South Carolina • Professor Robert Darden, Associate Professor, Journalism, Public Relations, and New Media Department, Baylor University

  8. 2013 Pruit Symposium:Marching to Zion

  9. 2013 Pruit Symposium:Marching to Zion Gospel performers: • Jones Family Singers • billed as an “Acclaimed Soul-Stirring Gospel Group” • Bishop Fred A. Jones along with five of his six daughters, one of his two sons, a grandson, and a son-in-law • Bells of Joy • “the last gospel quartet with two original members from the 1950s” • 12-year-old guitar player flanked an 83-year-old singer

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  13. Smithsonian Institution • National Museum of African American History and Culture, November 2011 Robert Darden and Tim Logan • Met with leaders • Described collection and played samples • Invited Dr. Reece to attend 2013 symposium • NMAAHC announced materials from BGMRP will be part of the museum starting in 2015

  14. 2014 Pruit Symposium “Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music” • Focus: Black gospel, civil rights, preaching • Audience: National scholars, local community members, interested churches throughout Texas with special emphasis on African American congregations Dates: October 23-25, 2014, at Baylor University and nearby venues in Waco

  15. 2014 Pruit Symposium Participants • Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, singer, song leader, civil rights activist, and scholar who recently retired from the Smithsonian • Dr. James “Jimmie” Abbington, Emory University professor and church musician • Dr. Dwandalyn Reece, Smithsonian Institution

  16. 2014 Pruit Symposium Participants • Mr. Bob Marovich, Black Gospel Blog founder, gospel music historian, and radio announcer • Ms. DeborraRichardson, Smithsonian archivist and preservationist • Dr. Stephen Newby, Associate Professor of Music; Director of Composition; Director of the Center for Worship at Seattle Pacific University

  17. 2014 Pruit Symposium Participants • The Jones Family Singers

  18. 2014 Pruit Symposium Events • Black gospel cabaret • Preservation and choral workshops • Keynote speeches • Gospel brunch and concert

  19. 2014 Pruit Symposium Invitation • Come join in! • “Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music” • October 23-25, 2014 • Baylor University, Waco

  20. Questions Q & A Kathy Hillman Tim Logan

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