[Classifieds] Amazing Grace: The American Spiritual - Saturday, 2/6

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Amazing Grace: The American Spiritual, a multimedia concert that traces the history of Black spirituals from Pre-Emancipation Folk Singing to the Black Lives Matter movement featuring the Oratorio Chorale<https://oratoriochorale.org/> and renowned activist-musicians Reginald Mobley<https://www.reginaldmobley.com/>, Jonathan Woody<https://www.athloneartists.com/artists/jonathan-woody/>, and JanaeSound<https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/singer-songwriter-janay-woodruff-rocks-portland-music-scene>. As a companion to the concert, Amazing Grace includes a webpage<https://www.classicaluprising.org/amazing-grace> of anti-racism learning opportunities including artist talks; recommended reading, podcast, music, movie, and documentary lists; highlights of historical sites in Maine pertinent to the African American experience; and ways to connect to Maine-based advocacy organizations.  The event will be filmed at the Sanford Performing Arts Center following strict COVID protocols and will be available to stream live and on-demand via YouTube, allowing audiences to attend the free event safely from home.

Premiere: February 6 at 7:00pm live from the Sanford Performing Arts Center; available after for on-demand viewing.


WATCH ON YOUTUBE<https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=cAk1cNYI-TU>


The program is a collaboration with the Sanford Performing Arts Center<http://www.sanfordpac.org/>, Indigo Arts Alliance<https://indigoartsalliance.me/>, and the Handel and Haydn Society<https://handelandhaydn.org/>’s Every Voice<https://handelandhaydn.org/concerts/streaming-concerts-2020-21/every-voice-2020/> program.


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