"When you read from a textbook, you're learning, but you don't really learn the feelings. In a song, you can hear all the feelings and feel the feelings." —2009 Perelman American Roots student

How does African American song unite people? Students explore African American song and its connections to history and current events in social studies and choral classrooms.

Program Features

• One interactive concert in Zankel Hall featuring Songs of Solomon
• A yearlong teacher curriculum guide with accompanying CD and DVD, featuring 12 lessons and extensions serving both choral and social studies teachers
• Student workbooks
• Two required professional development workshops (fall and spring)

This program is made possible, in part, by the Ronald O. Perelman Music Endowment Fund.