Friends of Music & the Arts Series Present: African American Composers & Spirituals
Luminous lyric soprano Lucy Owen Hoyt and organist-conductor Charles Frost present sacred art songs and traditional African American spirituals, blending pipe-organ resonance with devotional vocal warmth for a contemplative church recital.
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