Second Panel- Hard Gospel: Blackness, Belief, Aesthetics (in person)

Yale Institute of Sacred Music is an interdisciplinary graduate center and major arts presenter.

Yale Institute of Sacred Music

Hard Gospel: Blackness, Belief, Aesthetics- Second Panel will be held at the Great Hall from 1:00pm-2:30pm on April 22nd.

Yale Divinity School

Coinciding with gospel virtuoso Cory Henry's residency at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Hard Gospel: Blackness, Belief, Aesthetics is a day-long symposium organized around two intellectual goals. First, the gathering will ponder the musical, spiritual, and cultural contributions of gospel instrumentalists including Henry and the lineage of musicians who shaped him. Second, the presentations will intervene in recent debates about Black gospel’s tendency toward sonic excess, which one music industry official recently panned as a practice of “over singing" characterized by “singing hard” and “doing runs.” Nor is the conjunction of racial politics and musical style in the aforementioned derision the first time Black Sacred music has been subjected to such injunction. Taking up this provocation, each presenter will address the conflicting senses of Black music’s pasts and futures which are at stake in these debates. The first event in the Hard Gospel symposium, the Creative Liturgy will be a special worship service presented by members of the YDS community, featuring a performance by Cory Henry. Lunch will be served from 12pm-1:00pmHard Gospel: Blackness, Belief, Aesthetics- Second Panel will be from 1:00pm-2:30pm.

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Second Panel- Hard Gospel: Blackness, Belief, Aesthetics (in person)

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