The Jubalo Singers of Kentucky will perform "A Journey of Freedom: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation" on June 19 at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. The concert runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m., preceded by a community singing workshop from 4 to 5 p.m.
The program, led by conductor Dr. Kathy Bullock and musician Mat Callahan, features works composed by enslaved people and abolitionists, many of which have not been publicly performed in more than a century. It draws from Callahan's book and album of the same name.
The performance is part of a multi-state concert tour retracing Underground Railroad routes, running June 12-25 in observance of America's 250th anniversary. The Vermont Humanities Council supported the Greensboro stop.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.
For more information, visit kathybullock.com.
Originally reported by Hardwick Gazette.
Photo: Artaxerxes (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0). Photo is illustrative and not from the scene.
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