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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">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
<a href="https://oratoriochorale.org/">Oratorio Chorale</a> and renowned activist-musicians<a href="https://www.reginaldmobley.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline"> </span>Reginald Mobley</a>,
<a href="https://www.athloneartists.com/artists/jonathan-woody/">Jonathan Woody</a>, and
<a href="https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/singer-songwriter-janay-woodruff-rocks-portland-music-scene">
JanaeSound</a>. As a companion to the concert, <em>Amazing Grace</em> includes a <a href="https://www.classicaluprising.org/amazing-grace">
webpage</a> 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.</div>
<p>Premiere: February 6 at 7:00pm live from the Sanford Performing Arts Center; available after for on-demand viewing.</p>
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<p>The program is a collaboration with the <a href="http://www.sanfordpac.org/">Sanford Performing Arts Center</a>,
<a href="https://indigoartsalliance.me/">Indigo Arts Alliance</a>, and the <a href="https://handelandhaydn.org/">
Handel and Haydn Society</a>’s <a href="https://handelandhaydn.org/concerts/streaming-concerts-2020-21/every-voice-2020/">
Every Voice</a> program.</p>
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