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6 November 2006
New York, NY

NPR’S MICHELE NORRIS HOSTS 5-PART RADIO SERIES ON BLACK CHORAL MUSIC

Michele Norris, award-winning journalist and a host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, hosts and narrates a 5-part radio series on the history of black choral music entitled “Every Voice And Sing!”.

Coinciding with Black History Month (February), 2007, “Every Voice And Sing!” explores the founding of black colleges and universities and their singing groups during the Civil War/Reconstruction era. Through stories, interviews and musical performances, the series traces a unique musical evolution beginning with Spirituals and Work Songs, and advancing through Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Pop and World Music. It culminates with current Black college choirs and vocal groups, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shirley Caesar, Cissy Houston, TAKE-6, Kurtis Blow and Hell's Most Wanted.

Down Beat award-winning Jazz pianist, arranger and composer Onaje Allan Gumbs provides musical arrangements and scoring for the series. Duke Markos, honored for his technical direction of NPR's JazzSet, provides sound design and audio engineering. Multiple-award winning documentarian Eric V. Tait, Jr. is the Executive Producer.

Marketing and distribution of the series, is coordinated by Los Angeles-based Creative PR. WETA-FM (in the Washington, D.C. market) and JAZZ 88.3 WBGO-FM (in the New York City market) have already scheduled “Every Voice And Sing!” for airings in late January and early February.

“Every Voice And Sing!” is made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The project is a collaborative production of EVT Educational Productions, Inc., and Jazz 88.3, WBGO-FM, of Newark, New Jersey. WBGO is a non-commercial, publicly-supported, cultural broadcast institution that champions and presents jazz, locally on 88.3FM and worldwide on wbgo.org.

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