Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell
Washington, DC United States
Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell
is best known as one-fifth of the internationally acclaimed
a cappella group,
Sweet Honey In The Rock. Barnwell's most enduring contribution, though, may be her conviction that anyone, and everyone, can sing.
Every month for the past 20 years, most recently at the Levine School of Music in Washington, Barnwell has invited all comers to join her in a circle for a Community Sing. Over the course of an evening, Barnwell melds singers and non-singers, young and old, black and white and brown into a joyous chorus. Inclusion is at the core of Barnwell's philosophy of Community Sings. Read more...