Amherstburg Freedom Museum 50th Anniversary… Shout for Joy

The program ‘Shout for Joy’ combines several elements of black music idioms, including classical, jazz, gospel, blues, and spirituals. The title is drawn from the third last piece on the program and pays homage to the historical Jesus as a freedom figure. In his book The Spiritual and the Blues, James H. Cone states that Jesus was not the subject of theological questioning, but rather an experience, a historical presence in motion, liberating and moving people in and to freedom. This program focuses on the jubilation and celebration inherent in both the idea and experience of this freedom.