Please enjoy the music.
This is the platform for all people interested in African American Spirituals.
On September 14, 2022
The Maryland Spirituals Initiative made history, performing in the ballroom of The Cosmos Club.
The first ever African American Spirituals and Gospel Concert to happen in their ballroom, in their 170+ year existence.
Watch the full concert now.
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The Living in Hope Concert was truly a night to remember, with an hour-long performance that brought tears to the eyes of the joyless and hope to the weary. But it is the best moments that truly captured the audience's hearts, and will hopefully capture yours.
Watch the 2.5-minute highlight reel of the best clips from the Concert.
SONGS
THE GOSPEL TRAIN
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT
DIDN’T MY LORD DELIVER JONAH
ALL GOD’S CHILLUN’ GOT SHOES
THE OLD ARK’S A MOVERIN’
LITTLE DAVID PLAY UPON YOUR HARP
DIDN’T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL
EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL
KEEP YOUR HAND ON THE PLOW
MY LORD WHAT A MORNING
NEGRO BATTLE HYMN
NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I SEE
COULDN’T HEAR NOBODY PRAY
ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL
STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER
PHARAOH’S ARMY GOT DROWNDED
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
Image Credit: The Armory, Easton, Maryland, May 4, 2016, Performance by Richard Potter and members of the Union Baptist Church celebrating the opening of the Touring Exhibition curated by Barbara Paca, Ph.D., O.B.E., Revelations of African American Life in Maryland and the World