<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">AUDITIONS: “MAAFA” </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Written and Directed by Terrence Spivey</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">When: </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Wednesday, June 5th @ 6pm-9pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Call Backs: </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Saturday, June 8th 10am-1pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Where: The historical Olivet Institutional Baptist Church</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(228,175,10)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;color:rgb(69,69,69)">             <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=8712+Quincy+Avenue+%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Cleveland,+OH+44106&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:17.41pt;color:rgb(228,175,10)">8712 Quincy Avenue</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(228,175,10)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;color:rgb(69,69,69)">           <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=8712+Quincy+Avenue+%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Cleveland,+OH+44106&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:17.41pt;color:rgb(228,175,10)"> </span></a> <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=8712+Quincy+Avenue+%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Cleveland,+OH+44106&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:17.41pt;color:rgb(228,175,10)">Cleveland, OH 44106</span></a> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Show Dates: </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">February 14-15, 2020</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> Black History Month (3 Performances. The play is part of a week long conference and exhibition on the Transatlantic Slave Trade leading up to the opening night performance.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Rehearsals:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">November 25-December 14, 2019</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"> (3 Week Preparation Workshops). The workshops will be 3-4 days a week,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline">January 6-February 7, 2020</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> (Rehearsal Start Date)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;text-decoration:underline">January 8-13, 2020</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> (Tech Rehearsal)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">*Pay Is Provided For This Production</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">TEAM</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Terrence Spivey, Writer/Director</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Musical Supervisor, Damon Dandridge </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Stage Manager, Geri Harris</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Costumes: Barbara Bennett & Harold Crawford</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Sound Design, Calvin Lane</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Bold";font-weight:bold;font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Bold";font-weight:bold;font-size:17.41pt">The Play</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">MAAFA</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> is a mystical, theatrical commemorating epic drama with music. The original </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">version “The MAAFA Suite” A Healing Journey, </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> first premiered in </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">1995 at St.</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> Paul Community Baptist Church in New York City. Spivey’s version, like the New York production, will span elements in World History that African Americans refer to as the </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">MAAFA</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">. His version shifting from past to present setting will take place in Honey Island, an unincorporated community in small timber town, Kountze, Texas. </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">MAAFA</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> is a Ki-Swahili word that means great tragedy, calamity, disaster, and refers to the Middle Passage or Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Through drama, song, rhythm, and dance, </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">MAAFA</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> tells a story of Africans confronted with the arrival of white slavers, the voyage of Africans to America, and the complex circumstances under which enslaved Africans were oppressed to present day. The play has spawn over fifty churches with their own versions throughout the country to commemorate this historical and significant moment for the past twenty-four years. St. Paul will be celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this Fall 2019. Cleveland's historical Olivet Institutional Baptist Church under the guidance of Rev. Jawanza Karriem Colvin along with Mr. Spivey will present this epic production in February 2020. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Bold";font-weight:bold;font-size:17.41pt">Actors/Singers</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Noomo, African-American male 20’s to 30’) An African spirit dancer who glides between the past and present. Must be advance in dance.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">African Mothers; African-American, 30s-40’s (3-5 actors)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Village Elders African-American male and female actors/singers, 50’s-60’s </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Initiates: African-American females, 20’s actors/singers, Very attractive, must move well for African celebration (3-5 actors)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Two Slave Catchers: White Males, 20’s – 50’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Two Slave Drivers: Two White Males, 20’-50’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Massa James: White Male, 40’s-60’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Honey Bourgeois – Rich slave owner, Compassionate, White Female, 30-40’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Dangerous Mattie- Fast and defiant, daughter of a Slave Owner late 20’s, early 30’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Willie Lynch: The Trouble Maker </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Trebel Cliff- African American- 30s-40’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Estabon- African American, 40s-50’s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Zeke Treadwell- Homeless man with powers to shape shift, African American, 30s-40s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Charlie Treadwell- Great grand father to Estabon. He is the root of</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Nia Mann African-American Female, part of the Treadwell Family tree, ages 7-9. Very intelligent and inquisitive</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Shante Mann-Nia’s older sister, supports her sister but very independent, caught into Hip Hop. Part of the Treadwell tree. Female age 12-14</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Marcus Mann- Nia and Shante’s father, disconnected with his ancestral history. Zeke is his long lost uncle.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Nigg- Constantly in and out of incarceration, he is feared in town, walks the street at night, African American, 30s-40s.</span></p></blockquote><div dir="auto">   </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">ENSEMBLE for Africa, Slave Plantations Setting: Supporting parts for Men, Women  and children. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:20.8px"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">ALL Actors-Please prepare a two minute dramatic monologue. Be prepared to move.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">ALL Singer/Actors-  Please prepare a monologue and a spiritual or gospel song. Be prepared to move.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">DANCERS- Seeking African-American male/females with experience in Modern/African dance.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Bold";font-weight:bold;font-size:17.41pt">THE DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Bold";font-weight:bold;font-size:17.41pt"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">TERRENCE SPIVEY BIO</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Former artistic director at Karamu House is a member of </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">The HistoryMakers</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">, a 2018 Alan Schneider Directors Award nominee, 2017 Best Director and 2005 Best Theatre Honcho by Cleveland Scene. He was given a proclamation in 2010 by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson for his artistic contributions locally and nationally. He garnered multiple awards at Karamu and the historical institution was given Repertory Company of the Year in 2013 by AUDELCO in NYC. He directed plays such as </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Dream on Monkey Mountain </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">(2006 Best Stage Production), </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">The Blacks: A Clown Show </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">(2008 Best Drama</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">)</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> and </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Joe Turner’s Come and Gone</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> to name a few. Since leaving Karamu, </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> (2018 Chandelier Best Drama-Akron)</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt"> Boodycandy </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">(2016 Top 10 Plays-Cleveland Plain Dealer)</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt"> </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">and the nationally acclaimed </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Objectively/Reasonable.: A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> at Playwrights Local which appeared on Michel Martin’s NPR </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Going There</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">. Spivey has worked at numerous theatres as director locally and nationally as actor/director; Lincoln Center, Cherry Lane Theatre, Black Girl Ensemble (NYC).  He has a B.A. in Theatre from Prairie View A & M University. He was keynote speaker for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology in 2015. Has served on the board for the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and a member of the National Theatre Conference. He is currently board member for AUDELCO, NYC.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Spivey has been featured in numerous media coverages such as </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Ebony</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">, </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Backstage</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">,</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Artists and Influence</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt"> and the PBS documentary </span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText-Italic";font-style:italic;font-size:17.41pt">Karamu: 100 Years in the House</span><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">. He is the founding director for Powerful Long Ladder.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Text";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="font-family:".SFUIText";font-size:17.41pt">Damon H. Dandridge was recently hired as Minister of Worship & Arts at Cleveland's Olivet Institutional Baptist Church. He was the Director of Choral Activities at Cheyney University. He holds the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from The Florida State University and the Bachelor of Music Education degree in Choral Music/Voice from South Carolina State University with additional studies at Boston University. Prof. Dandridge has had the esteemed pleasure of working with some of the most influential African-American composers of our time including Dr. Brazeal W. Dennard, Dr. Roland M. Carter, Dr. André J. Thomas, and the late Mr. Moses G. Hogan. As an artist, Dandridge's choral arrangements have been met with worldwide acclaim. From across the United States to Korea, Australia, and Italy, his pieces have been featured at various all-state festivals and international festivals. Prof. Dandridge is a past-winner of the National Association of Negro Musician's Brantley Choral Arranging competition. </span></p>
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