African Americans
Indiana University's African American Arts Institute has announced its concert season for 2009-10, which has been given the theme "Above and Beyond."
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An academic conference Nov. 13-14 at IU Bloomington, "Reclaiming the Right to Rock: Black Experiences in Rock Music," brings together black rock musicians from different generations and regions with music critics and scholars to discuss the socio-political history, musical developments and the future of the genre.
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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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Indiana University's African American Arts Institute is presenting the annual spring concert by its IU Soul Revue on Saturday, May 2, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
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IU's African American Dance Company will host its 35th Annual Spring Concert on Saturday (April 4) at 8 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., in downtown Bloomington.
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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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