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Samita Sinha
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to present the Community Coalition Choir performing it’s debut piece, "We Are Many." The choir blends varied musical traditions including old songs from Sumter County, modern gospel, traditional sacred songs, new youth texts, classical Indian music and choral experiments.
The work is the culmination of Samita Sinha’s two year relationship with the CCA and the Sumter County community. In five trips over the last 18 months the artist has focussed on musical exchanges throughout Sumter County. Sinha and community members shared sacred and personal songs that make up our (musical) identities. She has visited West End and Kinterbish Jr. High Schools, the CCA Art Club and Summer Camp, Truevine Fellowship Church, Eastern Star Baptist Church and the First Presbyterian Church in Livingston.
Sinha remarks, “I had never heard such musical excellence in community workshops as I experienced here in York. Folks here could sing, in tune and with spontaneous harmonies, and the voices came directly from the heart.” That experience paved the way for the Community Coalition Choir, which creates a space for exchange and a shared experience with social, political and spiritual implications.
This project is made possible by support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, MAPP International Productions, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information please contact the Coleman Center for the Arts at 205-392-2005 or email colemancenter@gmail.com.
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