African American Studies
This is the first year for Camp S.O.U.L. (Students Obtaining Unique musical Levels) at Indiana University under the leadership of Professor Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, director of the IU Soul Revue. Underrepresented high school students from the state of Indiana will participate in a week-long camp. The culminating event will be a free concert at 11 a.m. Friday (June 19).
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An Indiana University professor was closely involved with planning and development for "Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy," a groundbreaking, two-week festival at Carnegie Hall celebrating African American culture. The festival, which began March 4 and runs through March 23, was conceptualized and curated by renowned soprano Jessye Norman.
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To create a space for black voices to be heard artistically and start a meaningful dialogue about black identity in the theatre, Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Theatre and Drama will host the university's first-ever conference (Aug. 1-3) devoted solely to black theatre projects. The 2008 IU Mini-Conference on Black Theatre seeks to stimulate scholarship and discussion about theatre by and for people of African descent, said conference organizer Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe.
Indiana University's African American Arts Institute is honoring keyboardist, composer, producer and arranger Isaiah Sanders, who has performed with the popular singing group, The Emotions, as well as Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Al Green and many other musical performers.
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The African American Dance Company of Indiana University's African American Arts Institute will present its annual spring concert on April 14.
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The IU African American Arts Institute, in collaboration with the IU School of Music and the Archives of African American Music and Culture, will present the annual concert, "Extensions of the Tradition," on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall of the IU Jacobs School of Music.
