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    • 2023: My Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Andrae Crouch
    • 2022: Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • 2021: Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
    • 2020: Gospel Music in Word and Song
    • 2019: Lord, Make Me An Instrument
    • 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
    • 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
    • 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
    • 2015-2016: Lift Every Voice and Sing
    • 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
    • 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • Other Past Pruit Symposia
    • 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
      • Plenary Speakers
      • Session Topics
    • 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
    • 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
    • 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
    • 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
    • 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
    • 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
    • 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America
Baylor BU Pruit Symposium Black Gospel Symposia 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • 2023: My Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Andrae Crouch
  • 2022: Go Tell It on the Mountain
  • 2021: Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
  • 2020: Gospel Music in Word and Song
  • 2019: Lord, Make Me An Instrument
  • 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
  • 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
  • 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
  • 2015-2016: Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music

2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music

 

2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music


Featured Speakers: Dr. Bernice Johnson Reason, Dr. James Abington and Dr. Dwandalyn Reece


The 2014 Pruit Symposium, "Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music" is a three-day series of presentations, panels and unforgettable gospel music performances. The Baylor Libraries Black Gospel Music Restoration Project is dedicated to conserving the black sacred music tradition for future generations, and this year's Symposium recognizes the leading scholars and preservers of this rich, musical heritage.

Everyone is welcome to enjoy these three gospel celebration events as part of the Symposium!

  • Thursday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. in Roxy Grove Hall, Dr. James Abbington, Associate Professor of Church Music & Worship at Emory University, will lead a Gospel Song Celebration that will feature a variety of leading performers and composers of gospel music sharing classic and contemporary gospel songs in a "dueling pianos" format. Admission is FREE.
  • Friday, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. at 7th and James Baptist Church, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Civil Rights leader, musician and author, will speak at 7th and James Baptist Church. Her keynote address, "Songs of Life: Living, Love and Struggle," will follow a moving performance by a choir conducted by Dr. James Abbington comprised of singers from Dallas, Fort Worth and the Central Texas region. Admission is FREE.
  • Saturday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. at the Baylor Club in McLane Stadium, the Symposium will close with a gospel brunch celebration featuring the Jones Family Singers. This event is SOLD OUT.

Full Symposium registrants will also enjoy:

  • A keynote presentation by Dr. Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History Culture, entitled "Musical Crossroads: Telling the Story of African American Music in a National Museum"
  • Sessions by acclaimed scholars of black sacred music
  • A preservation workshop presented by Deborrah A. Richardson, retired Chair and Chief Archivist for the Smithsonian American History Museum's Archives Center

We hope that you are able to join us at Baylor University for what will be an historic gathering and celebration of black sacred music. For more information about the 2014 Pruit Symposium, please contact us by email or call (254) 710-3200.

The 2014 Pruit Symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, The Department of History, the School of Music, the Department of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media, the Department of American Studies, the Center for Christian Music Studies, the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Truett Seminary, and the Baylor University Libraries.

Baylor BU Pruit Symposium Black Gospel Symposia 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • About
    Back
    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Committee
    • Pruit Memorial Symposium Production Team
  • Black Gospel Symposia
    Back
    • 2023: My Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Andrae Crouch
    • 2022: Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • 2021: Lord, Don't Move The Mountain
    • 2020: Gospel Music in Word and Song
    • 2019: Lord, Make Me An Instrument
    • 2018: She Sang Freedom with Dr. Tammy Kernoldle
    • 2017: Singing the Sermon: When the Message and Music Matter
    • 2016: Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Scholar in Residence
    • 2015-2016: Lift Every Voice and Sing
    • 2014: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
    • 2013: Marching to Zion - Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music
  • Other Past Pruit Symposia
    Back
    • 2009: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution
      Back
      • Plenary Speakers
      • Session Topics
    • 2005: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West
    • 2004: Slavery, Oppression, and Prejudice: Ancient Roots and Modern Implications
    • 2003: The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
    • 2002: Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship
    • 2001: Celebrating Augustine's Confessions: Reading Augustine for the New Millenium
    • 2000: Interpreting Christian Art
    • 1999: Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America
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