From Slavery to Carnegie Hall: The Roots and Triumph of African American Music with David Lee Joyner

Even through hundreds of years of slavery in the New World, African music and culture proved to be remarkably resilient, even as it was forced to adapt to Western European language, religion, and social norms. That resilience not only held the African American community intact, but eventually spread to the mainstream to define American music and its unique
cultural contribution to the world.

In celebration of the end of slavery on June 19, 1865,American music scholar and in-demand performer Dr. David Lee Joyner takes the audience on a fascinating journey, exploring African musical roots, early forms of African American music in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the gradual wide-spread influence of the music in theater and mass media such sheet music, recordings, radio, and film.

David Lee Joyner is an in-demand pianist, composer, vocalist, and educator in the Pacific Northwest region and owner of DLJ Music Services.