The American Spiritual Ensemble

Name: The American Spiritual Ensemble
Start: 2025-03-23T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 4431 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63108

Schedule

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

4431 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63108 | St. Louis, MO

Tenor Dr. Everett McCorvey founded the group in 1995, and many of its members have performed in such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Opera and the Atlanta Civic Opera. They have also performed abroad in England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Scotland, and Spain. The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Performing these spirituals serves as a tribute to the many lives lost or destroyed during slavery in the United States; a horrible time for human kind. These songs, a combination of African, American, and European traditions, create a new type of melody in which a sense of identification was created within the enslaved community. These songs now stand as a testament of the strength found through faith during times of hardship as well as a unifying force among all peoples. These songs are beloved all around the world.