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Founded in 2011, The Afro-Southern Education Project is Dedicated to Preserving and Sharing the Material, Agricultural, Oral, Literary, Musical, Recreational, Religious, and Folk Heritage of the African and African American Southern Experience in the United States, the Caribbean, Central America & South America.
Tara Lake is a Scholar-Artist, Soprano and Storyteller now based in Philadelphia, PA. She has deep family ties in the South, has lived in the region, and now returns on love journeys multiple times a year. Tara Lake founded the AfroSouthern Education Project in 2011. More on Tara at www.TaraLake.com.
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The flagship program of The AfroSouthern Education Project is the concert series, performed by Tara Lake. These concerts explore the heritage of African American Spirituals, gospels, art songs, and protest music, and present African American literature reflecting the AfroSouthern experience from the 1700s through the present. Concerts are presented with a community focus, in accessible spaces/historic sites, and without admission price.
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The 2021 AfroSouthern Christmas Spirituals Project Concert
Tickets:
Free Concert Tickets Are Available at Eventbrite. Please use the links above (ticket or text), to select your venue and tickets.
Health & Safety Measures:
The City of Philadelphia requires that masks be worn for indoor events.
For heath and safety, seating will be limited and recorded via free ticketing. Please obtain your free ticket at Eventbrite using links above.
The 2021 Christmas Spirituals Project - Philadelphia
Philadelphia Debut! Conceived and Performed by Tara Lake, Scholar, Soprano and Storyteller, the Christmas Spirituals Project is an exploration of African American Folk Traditions from the late-Eighteenth through the mid-Twentieth Centuries. The concert includes art songs, spirituals, gospels, stories, poetry, and biblical scripture rendered in the African American folk tradition. Drawing from archival documents such as the The (A.M.E.) Christian Recorder, and featuring works from Paul Lawrence Dunbar and others, The Christmas Spirituals Project takes listeners on a Nativity journey spanning multiple generations, with stops in the Gullah-Geechee coast of the southeast and in cities including Lexington, KY and Chicago. Developed under the auspices of the AfroSouthern Education Project, the Christmas Spirituals Project has been delighting audiences of all ages since 2012. All are welcome to attend this free concert, which is suitable for all ages.
On Thursday, December 30 at 6:30PM, the concert will be performed at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church,
5720 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.
On Saturday, January 1 at 6:30PM, the concert will be performed at The Church of the Crucifixion Episcopal Church,
807 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, PA.
