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Dr. Paul T. Kwami, revered music director of the world-renowned, Grammy-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers for 28 years, died in a Nashville hospital early Saturday morning, his family announced in a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — The historic Fisk Jubilee Singers have left a mark on the world of music and education and are celebrating an impressive 152 years. To commemorate this milestone, a series of ...

The Ryman Auditorium's 130th anniversary coincides with the 150th anniversary of historically Black Fisk University's Jubilee Singers. The two Nashville institutions are separated by the delineations ...

In recent years, efforts to diversify the Western musical canon have received plenty of attention. This Sunday, two groups committed to that mission will take the stage at Blumenthal Performing Arts’ ...

Former Fisk Jubilee Singers Arica Ellis, Kimberly Fleming and George Cooper talked about their years in the iconic choir and how they feel about returning to the university for the Fisk Jubilee ...

*The Fisk Jubilee Singers, founded at the HBCU 150 years ago and instrumental in preserving America’s treasured Negro spirituals, has added another accolade to its rich history – a Grammy Award. At ...

After a year-long search, Fisk University has chosen a familiar voice to serve as the next director of the world-renowned Jubilee Singers. G. Preston Wilson, Jr., will take on the role in January, the ...

Fisk University opened in Nashville in 1866 as the first American university to offer a liberal arts education to “young men and women irrespective of color.” Five years later the school was in dire ...