Jowanda E. Jordan Festival of Negro Spirituals

"Jowanda E. Jordan Festival of Negro Spirituals," formerly "Kwei-Kwei Festival of Negro Spirituals" was originally named and chaired by the late Mrs. Jowanda E. Jordan. In 2015, The Dallas Metroplex Musicians' Association unanimously elected to rename the event in honor of Mrs. Jordan. Mrs. Jordan was a charter member of the Dallas Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. (NANM) organized in 1985, now the Dallas Metroplex Musicians' Association. She served as the Director of the Southern Region of NANM, Inc., for more than eleven years. She championed the Negro Spiritual throughout our community. We are ever grateful to Mrs. Jordan and many others for developing a culture of excellence and a platform for celebrating this uniquely American genre of music, The Negro Spiritual. Currently, the spiritual is sung around the world. It is our hope that the festival will continue to present the Negro Spiritual as a genre worthy of study, performance, and celebration, thus, presenting it as a gift to generations to come.

St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Church annually co-hosts this event with the Dallas Metroplex Musicians' Association as a part of its Music Series. Participating performers throughout the region are committed to preserving and celebrating the Negro Spiritual. Please come join us on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM at St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, 5710 East R. L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75223.

Participants include:

Albion Josiah Hall Lewis - Arlington, Texas

First Presbyterian Church - Dallas, Texas

New Dimensions Choral Society - Shreveport, Louisiana

New Dimensions Youth Chorale - Shreveport, Louisiana

South Dallas Concert Choir - Dallas, Texas

St. Luke "Community" Cherub & Angel Choir - Dallas, Texas

St. Luke "Community" Chorale - Dallas, Texas

For additional information, contact:

Dallas Metroplex Musicians' Association (DMMA)
P.O. Box 763785
Dallas, Texas 75376-3785
(682) 587-9646
[email protected]
DallasNANM.com

St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church
5710 East R. L. Thorton Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75223
(214) 821-2970
[email protected]
SLCUMC.org

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