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After a year-long search, Fisk University has chosen a familiar voice to serve as the next director of the world-renowned Jubilee Singers. G. Preston Wilson, Jr., will take on the role in January, the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — The historic Fisk Jubilee Singers have left a mark on the world of music and education and are celebrating an impressive 152 years. To commemorate this milestone, a series of ...

Fisk University opened in Nashville in 1866 as the first American university to offer a liberal arts education to “young men and women irrespective of color.” Five years later the school was in dire ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville wouldn’t have the nickname Music City without the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The spiritual singers, formed in 1871, are credited with saving Fisk University from ...

On Thursday, the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) announced that it will soon present an immersive Fisk Jubilee Singers exhibit. The exhibit, "Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred ...

In recent years, efforts to diversify the Western musical canon have received plenty of attention. This Sunday, two groups committed to that mission will take the stage at Blumenthal Performing Arts’ ...

The CSO Spiritual Ensemble, under the direction of Nathan L. Nelson, joins forces with Fisk University Alumni to honor the rich African-American musical heritage of the renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers ...

Dr. Paul T. Kwami, revered music director of the world-renowned, Grammy-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers for 28 years, died in a Nashville hospital early Saturday morning, his family announced in a ...