29ᵗʰ Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals

Come join us as we close out Black History Month with our annual Festival of Spirituals, renamed in honor of our late and much-missed founder and long-time artistic director, Mæstro Bobby Wiggins.

— Featured Guests include —

• Grambling State University Concert Choir under the direction of our own Natorshau Davis — they get better every year!
• The world-famous A Cappella Choir of Wiley College, who sang a cappella during the end credits of the 2016 hit movie The Birth of a Nation! Under the direction of new director Carlos B. Brown
• Heritage of Baton Rouge (which holds a similar Festival of Spirituals there on the first weekend of Black History Month each year, in which we participate), under the direction of Clarence Jones
• South Dallas Concert Choir under the direction of Alfreylenn Roberts
• River Cities Jubilee Chorus under the direction of Wendell Glass — they sing Spirituals in the Barbershop style!
• The award-winning Cordova High School Choir, from all the way in Cordova, TN, under the direction of Adrian Maclin
• The Huntsville Spiritual Chorale from way over in Huntsville, AL, under the direction of William Davis and Brenda Daniels-Davis
• Our own New Dimensions Youth Chorale under the direction of our own Julie Lester — talented young voices!
• The Ebony Jubilee Singers under the direction of our own John Collins — even younger voices!
• Some local Middle and High School choirs have also been invited.

(This list may be updated. Watch this space!)

Free & open to the public! (A love offering will be requested.)
NEW! Can’t make it in person? Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church is live-streaming it!
(But do come in person if you can. No live-stream or DVD can capture the full experience of being there!)

Supported by a grant from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and by The Black Cultural Arts Coalition of Shreveport. We are deeply grateful for their support.