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Estonia: African-American Choral Music
Estonia - American Choral Music Project for Black History Month
From February 21st to 23rd, American Voices brought its second American Artist-in-Residence program to Estonian audiences with a project highlighting African-American choral repertoire and composers.
Over the course of the three-day program approximately 50 music students from the Academy of Music enjoyed choral conducting workshops and members of the Chamber Choir of the Estonian Philharmonic worked intensively with Ira Spaulding and John Ferguson in a range or African-American reprtoire.
A live audience of approximately 400 were reached in a public concert at the Knights of the Blackhead Hall in the old center of Tallinn. Many more were reached via radio and press interviews. The Estonian partner institutions for this residency included:
The Philharmonic Hall
Estonian Academy of Music
Later in the month, the Mike Del Ferro Trio appeared under the auspices of the US Embassy to Tallinn witha concert of 'Bel Canto'.
Sponsor:
US Embassy Tallinn
With the additional support of:
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Radisson Hotel Tallinn
American Voices returns from India, Afghanistan and Thailand
