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Bettye Franks Forbes Bettye Franks Forbes, Founder & Director, created The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble in 1979. Her mission was to preserve, promote, and perform the music of the African-American religious experience. Mrs. Forbes was committed to keeping the cultural heritage of African-American music alive. She encouraged appreciation of musical excellence in the performance of spirituals, hymns, praise songs, gospels, and anthems of […]
Gregory Porter Photo credit: Erik Umphery Acclaimed singer and songwriter Gregory Porter was raised in Bakersfield, California, and he cites the Bakersfield Southern Gospel sound, as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection, as fundamental influences on his own sound. Porter began singing in small jazz clubs in San Diego while attending San […]
Through music, dance, and commentary, Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. leads this celebration to recognize the importance of this historic day and to acknowledge the long road still ahead.
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Juneteenth Celebration
All American Freedom Day:
Renewing Passion for Freedom and Democracy
Monday, June 19 at 7 PM | Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
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Adrian Dunn Adrian Dunn is an a critically acclaimed singer, composer, and conductor. His most recent composition, Emancipation a PBS Special was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards in 2023 featuring The Adrian Dunn Singers & Dunn’s Rize Orchestra. He made his European debut in the Klangwolke Festival in Linz, Austria with the Adrian Dunn Singers. […]
The Black Iris Project Image credit | Stephanie Williams & Daniel Harder, photo by Matthew Murphy for The Black Iris Project. Founded in 2016 by award-winning artist Jeremy McQueen, The Black Iris Project (BIP) is an Emmy® award-winning ballet collaborative and education vehicle which creates new, relevant classical & contemporary ballet works that celebrate diversity […]
Daniel Koa Beaty An award-winning actor, singer, and writer, Daniel Koa Beaty’s critically acclaimed plays Through the Night, Emergency, Mr. Joy, Breath & Imagination, and The Tallest Tree in the Forest – Paul Robeson, have been performed at venues ranging from the Public Theater and Lincoln Center to the White House and maximum-security prisons. He […]
Damien Sneed As a multi-genre recording artist and instrumentalist, Damien LeChateau Sneed is a pianist, vocalist, organist, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, and arts educator whose work spans multiple genres. He has worked with jazz, classical, pop, and R&B legends, including the late Aretha Franklin and Jessye Norman, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Ashford & […]
The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, Inc. Photo credit: Richard Conde Co-Directors – Pamela Eatman-Skinner, Ph.D and Rev. Eugene R. Palmore | Neil Israel, Accompanist. The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, Inc. was founded by Bettye Franks Forbes in 1979 for participation in the re-opening celebration of the renovated James Memorial Chapel at Union Theological Seminary of New York […]