The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (AHCAC) celebrates Black History Month with “The Art of a Spiritual,” a music concert featuring accomplished Black and Brown opera singers performing African-American Spirituals on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be held in the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center’s Wendell A. Narcisse Performing Arts Theater, 6161 NW 22nd Ave, Miami, FL 33142.
“The Art of a Spiritual” concert highlights the technical complexity of the old “Negro Spiritual,” (also referenced in modern times as the “African-American Spiritual”) and celebrates the boldness of their ancestors while enlightening today’s generation. The concert features songs performed by Florida’s and New York’s Black & Brown opera singers: Martha Banks, (soprano) Andrés Lasaga (tenor), Angel Refusé (baritone) and Lloyd Reshard (bass) along with LaJoyce Ingraham (mezzo-soprano), Isis Roberts (soprano and AHCAC Music Department Director), and Karl Van Richards (pianist).