Dr. Paul Kwami

For 150 years, the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville’s Fisk University have been introducing and sustaining the tradition of the Negro spiritual—a critical musical tradition of African American culture and history—to the world. Since the first choral ensemble was organized in 1871, the Fisk Jubilee Singers have traveled the world singing songs sacred to them and so many others, while raising money for Fisk University. Today, the ensemble (comprised of Fisk University students selected annually through an audition process) continues to travel globally, representing not only Fisk University but Music City at large while protecting, celebrating, and continuing an extraordinary legacy.

Leading the historic Fisk