A Concert of Negro Spirituals and Art Songs

Atlanta bass-baritone Oral Moses performs regularly throughout the United States and Europe singing Oratorio and recitals with a special emphasis on a wide variety of Negro Spirituals and Art Song repertoire by African-American composers. As a solo recording artist for Albany Records, Dr. Moses has recorded 6 critically-acclaimed CDs. He has also collaborated with Boston-based new music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic on the Cuneiform Records CD ‘Extreme Spirituals.” Moses also leads The Georgia Spiritual Ensemble, an acapella sextet devoted to preserving the legacy of the Negro Spiritual.

J. Jakari Rush was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1990. A millennial, with an old soul, Rush is a composer whose music matches his personality in many ways. His music embraces many influences such as Romanticism, Impressionism, Contemporary, Jazz, Gospel, and Hymnody. He has collaborated and premiered music with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra entity and Dr. Oral Moses. The Georgia Spiritual Ensemble of Atlanta premiered his Spiritual Cycle in 2018. His talents can also be heard in the Netflix series “Raising Dion.” Rush holds a B.A. in Music Composition from Kennesaw State University and is currently working on his M.M. in Piano Performance from Georgia State University. Each concert will include selections from Jakari Rush’s recent song cycle, “Love.”

Additional information about Oral Moses and Jakari Rush can be found at http://www.oralmosessings.com and http://www.jjakarirush.com