The Spelman College Glee Club performs 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

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  • Опубликовано: 27 фев 2019
  • Kevin Johnson conducts the Spelman College Glee Club in a powerful performance of James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson's 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' arranged by Roland Carter (recorded live Feb. 22, 2019).
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  • @allthingsaddi
    @allthingsaddi 4 дня назад

    WOW. Lovely voices. So much control. I could listen for hours.

  • @marybreden5348
    @marybreden5348 3 года назад +18

    The congregation of New Hope Presbyterian Church in La Feria, Texas thanks everyone at Spelman who supports this Glee Club - and all the women who sang so beautifully in this video. This is such a moving version of the hymn -- all who were worshiping with us on Zoom yesterday loved it. Prayers for all who help to bring your music to the world - praise God for your voices! and prayers for everyone's safety in this time of pandemic.

  • @barbarachristensen2385
    @barbarachristensen2385 3 года назад +15

    Truly one of the best performances of this song I've heard!!!

  • @s.i.porter364
    @s.i.porter364 2 месяца назад

    What a wonderful performance 👏🏾👏🏾

  • @rufus85junyax
    @rufus85junyax 3 месяца назад

    This is my favorite!! So Far!!! I thought I had heard them all. Nice work ladies

  • @squeakyz4787
    @squeakyz4787 3 года назад +3

    Some of the cleanest cutoffs I’ve heard in a choir.

  • @doctorjaymarie
    @doctorjaymarie 3 года назад +6

    Disappointed to see so many negative comments on this masterful performance. The young ladies of Spelman have beautiful voices and their choir master has utilized those voices to present a powerful version of Roland Carter's arrangement.

  • @deondrej.jackson8129
    @deondrej.jackson8129 4 года назад +29

    Oh my those altos!

  • @lucyhoward8044
    @lucyhoward8044 Год назад +1

    So exquisitely beautiful! Definitely, my National Anthem!

  • @lindakooima7903
    @lindakooima7903 4 года назад +17

    this is holy. thank you Spelman Glee Club. God bless

  • @jaimemclaughlin5105
    @jaimemclaughlin5105 4 месяца назад +1

    This song makes me cry every time I hear it.

  • @s.i.porter364
    @s.i.porter364 2 месяца назад

    All 3 verses 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @edwconr
    @edwconr 4 года назад +12

    Clear diction, true lyrics...thanks.

  • @minnesotacoco5297
    @minnesotacoco5297 3 года назад +6

    WOW, these young people showed such skill and grace in performing this rendition of our Black Anthem. Kudo's to the director and hats off to all of the voices!!!! Bravo!!!!

  • @glorificaq
    @glorificaq 4 года назад +12

    Inspiring at this time that challenges us all to be community for justice!

  • @Indieann1
    @Indieann1 3 года назад +7

    Such a gorgeous version. Thank you.

  • @nikibrown1359
    @nikibrown1359 2 года назад

    YA'LL BE AWESOME from a 73yr young Mexican that loves you...so powerful. You make Oprah proud she is tough.

  • @sherdion2381
    @sherdion2381 3 года назад +6

    Wow, that was absolutely beautiful

  • @jimmiespivey
    @jimmiespivey 3 года назад +1

    Those Altos and Basses🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @rickiedavis1803
    @rickiedavis1803 4 года назад +8

    That was BEAUTIFUL!!💖😪💖

  • @lystraallicock695
    @lystraallicock695 2 года назад +1

    What a beautiful tone this choir possesses. Lovely 😍!

  • @dalytheos
    @dalytheos 3 года назад +3

    Absolutely fantastic

  • @GiftGeorge-xd7yg
    @GiftGeorge-xd7yg 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful

  • @cathyleeziemba3508
    @cathyleeziemba3508 3 года назад +1

    A beautiful work, done very well. So moving.....and inspiring

  • @neriumoleander8188
    @neriumoleander8188 5 лет назад +49

    what wonderful power the lower altos have! and kudos for the absolutely pristine vowels! superb!!

  • @jdouglashall
    @jdouglashall 3 года назад +11

    Powerful. I played it in memory of John Lewis.

  • @jodistewart7226
    @jodistewart7226 3 года назад +3

    Just what I needed today!!

  • @beverlyhawk536
    @beverlyhawk536 3 года назад +3

    Wow! So beautiful!

  • @kenneth7826
    @kenneth7826 3 года назад +3

    Excellent...well done ladies......

  • @sjgraham
    @sjgraham 4 года назад +5

    Stunning. Thank you.

  • @jencope4095
    @jencope4095 4 года назад +4

    Just beautiful

  • @johnw.davison1561
    @johnw.davison1561 Год назад

    What a lovely and moving -- indeed, thrilling -- version of one of the world's greatest hymns. Thank you so much.

  • @yusef254
    @yusef254 10 месяцев назад

    Amen!

  • @chrisblessing45
    @chrisblessing45 Год назад

    So nice.

  • @waymonmorris841
    @waymonmorris841 4 года назад +3

    WOW!

  • @Akin0389
    @Akin0389 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful!

  • @CSAcitizen
    @CSAcitizen 3 года назад +4

    This was done beautifully - the best rendition I've heard yet.

  • @onwike
    @onwike 2 года назад +1

    Ok, this is impressively difficult. Dynamics, rhythm, and key changes all on such a well known piece with a lot of internal song knowledge to overcome. BRAVO!!!

  • @joana9591
    @joana9591 4 года назад +5

    Bravo!!

  • @loridavis3151
    @loridavis3151 Год назад

    So beautiful and crisp...gave me chills.

  • @qadara1
    @qadara1 5 лет назад +4

    BEAUTIFUL

  • @williewilikai426
    @williewilikai426 3 года назад +3

    This is amazing.

  • @beverlyhawk536
    @beverlyhawk536 2 года назад

    Magnificent!

  • @sheilawhite7894
    @sheilawhite7894 2 года назад

    WOW Buetiful

  • @Jamesfisher0000
    @Jamesfisher0000 4 года назад +3

    Excellent job thank you 🙏🏾

  • @perfectbreakfast
    @perfectbreakfast 2 года назад

    Amazing

  • @rogierdonker437
    @rogierdonker437 3 года назад

    Wonderful, wonderful and yet again wonderful! Bravo!

  • @chrsd2536
    @chrsd2536 2 года назад

    Well done!!

  • @jeansweeney691
    @jeansweeney691 3 года назад +1

    Been trying to learn. Wonder-full

  • @danielaorthey7585
    @danielaorthey7585 4 года назад +4

    Maravilhosos!

  • @destinyrobinsonrobinson5063
    @destinyrobinsonrobinson5063 3 года назад

    Beautiful harmony

  • @quiskaeya
    @quiskaeya Год назад

    Wow that was absolutely beautiful!! Bravo!!

  • @drmbj
    @drmbj Год назад

    Beautiful! Love this arrangement.

  • @sherriebans4737
    @sherriebans4737 Год назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @FPCMonterey
    @FPCMonterey 3 года назад +5

    I would very much like to share this as an anthem during a virtual worship service for our congregation. Is that allowable?

    • @YourClassicalMPR
      @YourClassicalMPR  3 года назад +3

      You may certainly play this video from RUclips in your service.

  • @Black_Cat_997
    @Black_Cat_997 3 года назад +3

    I thought this was going to go the wrong way when the conductor started with the air guitar thing, but the girls killed it.

  • @dianrubianti6889
    @dianrubianti6889 3 года назад +3

    Highest improvisation... :)
    but at this level improvisation the choir just created a new song with the lyrics of the song "lift every voice and sing"... and credit melody.. :)
    jada holiday sing this song in orisinality.. so i think that's the reason the melody become a song "lift every voice and sing" the melody and it's orisinality the reason you want to song the lyrics "lift every voice and sing"...

  • @africanamericanlegacy8289
    @africanamericanlegacy8289 3 года назад

    Hi! Are there any additional steps to take for playing this video for a small virtual gathering honoring a past president of Spelman? I've noticed in the comments below individuals have requested permission.

  • @nsilentnite
    @nsilentnite 3 года назад +1

    Jesus I heard a bass in there

  • @toddyonkman3603
    @toddyonkman3603 3 года назад +3

    I'm inquiring on behalf of my church (First Congregational Church of Granby, CT) if we could have permission to use this video in our worship livestream for Jan. 17. We are a part of a townwide celebration of MLK and mobilization for racial justice. Thank you!

    • @YourClassicalMPR
      @YourClassicalMPR  3 года назад +1

      You may certainly play this video from RUclips in your service.

  • @toussantlbisso
    @toussantlbisso 4 года назад +2

    Fairly Respectable rendition I'd say !
    And that youngin looks like a bust of Nefertiti !

  • @burleighholder2897
    @burleighholder2897 3 года назад +1

    is this copyrighted... hypothetically...

  • @nsilentnite
    @nsilentnite 3 года назад +1

    It’s a wrap

  • @Gabe_itch301
    @Gabe_itch301 4 года назад +1

    You should change the screen thing when you do pull the screen down OK RUclips because it’s really annoying because the X button is sick and Big

  • @kathrynjones2881
    @kathrynjones2881 3 года назад +2

    I really enjoyed this. They seemed really sincere and it was a really effective performance. I'm not sure it's healthy for women to sing that low though.

    • @barbarachristensen2385
      @barbarachristensen2385 3 года назад +3

      Trust me, when it comes to altos, the low notes are God-given and perfectly healthy!

    • @doricles3199
      @doricles3199 3 года назад

      @@barbarachristensen2385 Hah ha ha. ROFL. Thanks for the burst out belly laugh...

    • @berakiahboone5135
      @berakiahboone5135 11 месяцев назад

      I chuckled. Very innocent comment. As a music major at Spelman College, who graduated years ago, with my B.A. in piano performance and composition... And a former SCGC member all my years there and proud Alto 2 member.....I assure you, it is a gift and perfectly fine. Thank you for this. It took me back to the moments of awe, when people realized we were all female and could reach notes in the 3 and high 2 range :)

  • @chim7741
    @chim7741 4 года назад +3

    I wish the song would be preformed with soul as it was intended! Sounds like a Christmas carol! SMH

  • @raymondcook8364
    @raymondcook8364 4 года назад

    Will just 1 Black man, woman or child sing this song at the FUNERAL of any of the 8,000 BLACK men, women or children who were murdered by another BLACK person each year?
    Nope, Not a peep.

  • @gldnglow
    @gldnglow 4 года назад +1

    No! Y'all really should know better. This isn't a summer camp fire song!

    • @deondrej.jackson8129
      @deondrej.jackson8129 4 года назад +20

      Obviously you don’t know. This is the Roland Carter (a black composer) Arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing one of the most known and world renowned choral arrangements of Lift Every Voice and Sing out there. I don’t understand your comment. What’s the problem?

    • @chim7741
      @chim7741 4 года назад

      He should've picked a Christmas song because this is a well orchestrated trainwreck! 😞😞😞

  • @ciawarrior7745
    @ciawarrior7745 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful