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Ysaye Barnwell
Ysaye M. Barnwell was born in New York City and has lived in Washington, D.C., for over 40 years. Her life experiences have taken her down three major paths. She began in music at the age of 2, studying violin for 15 years with her father and majoring in music in high school. She sang in a choir while in junior high school and then in college. In 1976, she founded the Jubilee Singers at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. It was, there in 1979, that Bernice Johnson Reagon witnessed her as a singer and a Sign Language interpreter and invited her to audition for Sweet Honey In The Rock. Barnwell is also a Speech Pathologist with the Bachelors, Masters (SUNY, Geneseo 1963-68) and Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh 1975) degrees and was a professor in the College of Dentistry for over a decade. In 1981 she completed post-doctoral work and earned the Master of Science in Public Health Media Articles |
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Ysaye Barnwell : Wanting Memories The shimmer of the water can be heard as the choir opens this piece. The beautiful melody rises above to tell the tender story of this love song. Listen to the piece come alive in the recording created by the high school choir that commissioned this piece. 
Ysaye Barnwell : Arrangements for Women's Voices Most known for her singing with and musical compositions performed and recorded by Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dr. Barnwell has composed and arranged music appearing on 10 recordings on the Rounder, Flying Fish, Earthbeat!/Warner and Music For Little People Labels and has been a commissioned composer on numerous and varied dance, choral, film, and video. Songlist: Sound-Bite from Beijing, On Children, More Than a Paycheck, There Is A Balm in Gilead
Ysaye Barnwell : A Cappella Arrangements Vol 2 Most known for her singing with and musical compositions performed and recorded by Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dr. Barnwell has composed and arranged music appearing on 10 recordings on the Rounder, Flying Fish, Earthbeat!/Warner and Music For Little People Labels and has been a commissioned composer on numerous and varied dance, choral, film, and video. Songlist: Prayer, We Are..., In Unity, No Mirrors in My House
Ysaye Barnwell : A Cappella Arrangements Vol 3 Ysaye Barnwell Barnwell is most known for her singing with and musical compositions performed and recorded by Sweet Honey In The Rock. Songlist: Hope, Would You Harbor Me?, Wanna Die Easy, When I Die
Ysaye Barnwell : A Cappella Arrangements Vol 4 Most known for her singing with and musical compositions performed and recorded by Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dr. Barnwell has composed and arranged music appearing on 10 recordings on the Rounder, Flying Fish, Earthbeat!/Warner and Music For Little People Labels and has been a commissioned composer on numerous and varied dance, choral, film, and video. Songlist: Wanting Memories, Breaths, Spiritual |
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Energetic and electric, this dynamic arrangement of the familiar spiritual, This Little Light of Mine, will become a favorite of singers and audiences, alike. Tight harmonies and playful syncopation make this piece so much fun, it seems effortless. Altos will love their moment in the spotlight with instructions such as chesty and raucous, and each vocal part gets its own time to shine. A great concert, contest, or festival selection.
Composer: Harry Dixon Loes Performed By: Sweet Honey In The Rock
Ysaye Barnwell is a member of Sweet Honey in the Rock and the unique stylings and vocal techniques of that famed ensemble are evident in this piece. Wade in the Watah borrows from another spiritual, Done Made My Vow, and references the great Harriet Tubman as freedom's guide. The incredible train effects are amazing. The broad range of this piece, which occasionally divides into six-part treble, covers the full spectrum from low D to high B! A most impressive entry for contest, festival, or worship. Wade in the Watah will leave listeners in awe!
Performed By: Sweet Honey In The Rock
The shimmer of the water can be heard as the choir opens this piece. The beautiful melody rises above to tell the tender story of this love song. Listen to the piece come alive in the recording created by the high school choir that commissioned this piece.
Performed By: Sweet Honey In The Rock
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