Jason Max Ferdinand Singers Headline Choral Directors Conference
The Chapel will host a conference of the North Carolina chapter of the America Choral Directors Association on October 7 and 8. Headlining the event are Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, who will perform Friday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
Founded in 2021 by conductor, composer, and author Jason Max Ferdinand, the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers are an ensemble of professional Black musicians that performs music to unify, breathe life, and respond to societal deformities. The JMF Singers have performed to great acclaim around the United States and Canada, and in the Live from London broadcasts at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This program is part of a five-day residency co-sponsored by Duke Arts and the North Carolina Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The concert will open with a performance by the North Carolina Collegiate Festival Chorus, conducted by Felicia Barber of Yale University.
As part of the conference, the Duke Chapel Choir and Amalgam Brass will present a forty-five-minute hymn festival on Saturday, October 8, at 9:30 a.m. The program will feature a variety of hymns and anthems led from the Aeolian and Flentrop organs as well as the new Bösendorfer piano. The hymn festival will be held in the Chapel and is free and open to the public.
On Saturday, October 8, there are conference performances free and open to the public at 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. See the full conference schedule.