Forum focus is African-American sacred music on Nov. 8
Dr. Raymond Wise, guest musician for Bluffton University's celebration of gospel music the week of Nov. 6, will discuss the topic at a campus forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Yoder Recital Hall.
His presentation, "Exploring the Significance of African-American Sacred Music," is free and open to the public.
Wise, from Columbus, is a composer, arranger, gospel historian and minister. While at Bluffton, he will also speak at an 11 a.m. chapel service on Thursday, Nov. 10; deliver the 9 a.m. keynote address during a conference on Saturday morning, Nov. 12; and, that evening, direct a 200-voice combined choir during a 6 p.m. gospel concert in Founders Hall. The concert, also free, will conclude the weeklong event, "Blended Voices: Music and Worship in the Gospel Tradition."
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