Students from community schools around York University packed Burton Auditorium on January 17 for a concert by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale honouring Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Left: Conductor Brainerd Blyden-Taylor talks about the choir’s repertoire

The award-winning Toronto-based choir, named for the celebrated Canadian-African composer, pianist and educator R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), sang from its repertoire of Afrocentric classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues music.

The 21-member choir, which includes several alumni of York’s Music Department, performed classics such as Ave Maria, Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler, Go Tell It on the Mountain and other songs under the baton of founder and artistic director Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.

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