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Bound for Glory

The Spirituals Project Choir in Concert

End your Memorial Day with an evening of uplifting spirituals. Don’t miss the final concert of our regular season at the beautiful Armory at Brighton Cultural Center. Tickets on sale NOW!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY!

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REAP National Conference on the Spirituals
Reception and Opening Session

We hope you will join us as we celebrate the realization of a dream! The community is warmly invited to join us for the Opening Session of the first ever R E A P National Conference on the Spirituals. 

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm: Reception

6:00 pm  7:00 pm:  Opening Session

Performance: “African Amber/They Slice the Air”
Dee Galloway, REAP Conference Poet In Residence
with composer/pianist Pamela Weng

Welcome: Dr. Arthur Jones, REAP Conference Chair
       Founder and Chair Emeritus, The Spirituals Project
Welcome: Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock - Co-Chairs 2013 REAP Conference Honorary Committee
Acknowledgement of Major Sponsors

Performance: Sankofa: An Ensemble of The Spirituals Project

CLICK HERE to visit the official R E A P National Conference website for registration and more information.

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“Lift Every Voice and Sing and Rap! From Spirituals and the Abolitionist Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement”

Dr. Reiland Rabaka
University of Colorado at Boulder

“African American music is more than music. It is an often-overlooked repository of African American history, culture, politics, and inspiring democratic social visions.”

Please join us as we celebrate the realization of a dream! The community is warmly invited to join us for a unique presentation by Dr. Reiland Rabaka, one of the country’s leading writers on Africana studies and Hip Hop culture, as part of the Friday evening session of the first ever R E A P National Conference on the Spirituals. 

CLICK HERE for more information on Dr. Rabaka, his presentation, and the 2013 R E A P National Conference on the Spirituals.

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R E A P National Conference Keynote Address and Finale

“Every Time I Feel The Spirit”
Keynote Speaker: Nikki Giovanni

Please join us on as we celebrate the realization of a dream! The community is warmly invited to join us for the Keynote Address to the first ever R E A P National Conference on the Spirituals, delivered by Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.

“The Multi-Layered Legacy of Madame E. Azalia Hackley”
Jacqueline Hairston
R E A P Conference 2013 Composer In Residence
featuring The Spirituals Project Choir - Bennie L. Williams, Artistic Director
with guest soloist Kimberley Davis, Soprano

Also as part of our closing finale celebration will be the world premiere of a new choral work by award-winning composer Jacqueline Hairston, commissioned expressly for the R E A P National Conference. This fascinating piece is based on the life and work of Emma Azalia Hackley, one of the first known African Americans to graduate from the University of Denver, and features the dynamic Spirituals Project Choir with guest soloist Kimberley Davis, accompanied by the composer herself.

CLICK HERE for more information on Nikki Giovanni, Jacqueline Hairston and the 2013 R E A P National Conference on the Spirituals.