Guest speakers: musicians and educators Denise Williams and Jordan Klapman  

This four-part virtual lecture and concert series explores the cultural, musical, and political intersectionality of Black and Jewish cultures throughout the centuries – the effects of their forcible migrations and marginalizations, common struggles for equality, musical assimilations, and quests for bridging the gaps. Presented as part of Black History Month. 

February 3        Roots - folk songs and indigenous cultural songs: Yiddish, Jewish, Sephardic, African, Afro-Caribbean February 10      Resilience - Spirituals, Freedom Songs, Call and Response, Old Testament Commonalities February 17      Taking The American Stage - Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, Cabaret, Musical Theatre and the Civil Rights era February 24      All That Jazz - Jazz standards influenced by Black and Jewish composers