Voices Of Vision: Celebrating Louvinia Pointer and the Great Day Chorale

When:Saturday January 29, 2011
Time:4:00PM
Where:Central Library
Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-230-2100
Cost:Free

Singer, choral conductor, teacher, and musicologist, the late Louvinia Pointer committed herself to the revival and preservation of the “Negro Spiritual” through the Great Day Chorale, which she founded and led for 20 years. Join members of the Chorale as they share memories of Mrs. Pointer and the music they sang, which revealed the qualities that enabled enslaved Americans to endure extreme cruelty with faith and perseverance.