As some of you already know, I have recently signed a contract with a publisher for the release of my first book of memoirs. Also, as I wrot

Ella Sheppard (4 February 1851 - 9 June 1914) was a soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro Spirituals. She was the matriarch of t

In honor of Women’s Herstory Month we are shining the spotlight on Ella Sheppard: musician, composer, and matriarch of the original Fisk Jub

I had an opportunity to spend some time in Prague, the city of Antonin Dvořák, the Czech composer who utilized melodies of Negro Spirituals