Voices of Freedom – Go Down Moses
Performed by University of Alabama at Birmingham Choir & Alabama State High School Honor Choir directed by Brian Kittredge & Virginia Wesleyan College Choir directed by Michael Trotta
“Voices of Freedom”
“Voices of Freedom” is a suite of choral works based a variety of American texts ranging from documents like the Preamble to the Constitution and the Emancipation Proclamation to an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’ “Speech on West Indies Emancipation” and the traditional spiritual, “Go Down Moses.” When assembled together, we see how the legal proclamations…