An Evening of Spirituals with Jacqueline Hairston May 30, 2009

Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Department of Music Art Song & Artistry Series present An Evening of Spirituals with Jacqueline Hairston.

Jacqueline Hairston – a cousin of the late composer and conductor Jester Hairston – is a pianist and composer who lives in Oakland, California. She received her musical training at the Juilliard School of Music, Howard University School of Music and her Masters in Music from Columbia University. Hairston has a special affinity for the spirituals and has written solo arrangements of spirituals for such noted artists as Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, Jubilant Sykes, Robert Sims, Ben Matthews, Grace Bumbry and William Warfield. As a continuing part of the California Singing tradition, UCI students will interface with this important, living composer, culminating the event with a concert of her works.

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