Fisk Jubilee Singers

The first Jubilee Singers set out from Nashville's Fisk University in 1871 to share choral arrangements of the songs of perseverance their parents and grandparents sang to endure the hardships of slavery. Now, nearly 150 years later, the 16-voice Fisk Jubilee Singers keep this rich tradition alive, performing these spirituals for a new generation.This season the Fisk Jubilee Singers, recipients of a 2008 National Medal of the Arts, bring their musical tradition to Durham. Their weeklong residency at both Duke and the Durham School of the Arts culminates with a celebratory community concert featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers joined on select spirituals by the DSA choir.Funded, in part, with a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.