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(Fulbright Regional Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria and Ghana) 2011-2012
Management: Black Mother Entertainment, Ltd.
Ekwueme Palace,
USA-April/May 2016
Palmgrove, Schomolu,
Ekorinim, Calabar,
Umugara, Nkwerre,
Contact:
(646) 603-7004
Lagos, FRN.
FRN.
Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Soloist
Creole, Igbo, Yoruba, Shona, Xhosa, Fante, Nigerian Pidgin, and English
Profile Details:
Singer/Storyteller, Curator, Producer - Story Cabaret Series, Back To the Grind, Riverside,
CA
Creative performances of original story and classic song with Musical Direction by
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Stephen Vaughan
Much Obliged and Thank You, Too! Exploring Gratitude, (Inlandia Institute Affiliate
Event) November 2010
'Christmas Was Just Breakin: The Lost and the Found December 2010. Stories of
Christmas growing up in Harlem, New York City, the Black socio- cultural heart
of the United States, and built around a Black version of The Night Before Christmas.
2010, 2011 Narrated the Children's Concert Series, conducted by Dr. Ruth Charloff.
The series included Peter and the Wolf by Russian composer Piotr IllyichTchaikovsky.
the Music Soar: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Kimball/Kilgen Organ at The
Mission Inn".
Inlandia Laughs. Fundraiser for the Inlandia Institute, not-for-profit organization supporting
the development of writers in and around Riverside, California.
Vocals, Spoken Word. Composition, University of California, Riverside. MFA Project for Carol
Abizaid, June 2010
Memory of Life in a War Zone: Landing on My Feet in Bits, in Pieces, Collaboration with
choreographer Carol Abizaid and percussionist Ray McNamara, with the poetry of
Suheir Hammad.
A Tribute to Nina Simone, Downtown Supper Club, Riverside, CA, 2003 (Bandleader)
A paean to the iconic singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist, with stories
about her life, and the songs she wrote and sang. Songs and Stories for a Summer
Evening: A Kind of Cabaret Blues, Jazz, Traditional and Contemporary Story, Back
To the Grind, Riverside, CA, 2008.
Sojourner's Uninterrupted Blues, with bassist Mikel Ali and narrator Yazmin Sayeed
University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA, 2005 (Bandleader)
Telling the life and times of a great African American woman. Formerly enslaved
abolitionist. orator, women's rights advocate, and spiritual leader, Sojourner Truth was
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one of the most influential thinkers of the 19 th century United States, though she could
neither read nor write. We find her through her words, and the songs she sang.
ZoraStories from Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston including The Keys and
The Toe Party with pianist/composer Bertha Hope, 1997-1998
Aint I A Woman? African-American Singers Reflect American History Meet the Artists
Program, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY Stories and songs of
Sojourner Truth, Marian Anderson, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald,
Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin, and Calypso Rose. Spring 1992, Spring 1993
A Tribute to Blueswomen: Beauty and the Blues, with Blue Wave and Blue Wave West.
Songs and stories of women who stand solid, talk straight, and live with their whole
heart. Many sang their autonomous and independent blues. Stellar singing and
storytelling by Bertha Hope, piano, Carline Ray, bass, Paula Hampton, drums as Blue
Wave. 1998-2008
From Boy to Man: The Life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with
Composer/Pianist Bertha Hope. Few are born heroes: childhood and youth are the
times that leadership and greatness develop. What can we learn from the childhood and
youth of Martin Luther King, Jr. about how to grow up and be a hero?
presentation explaining how improvisation works with pianist/composer Bertha Hope Singer
and Storyteller, 1990-1999
The Long Walk to Freedom with SNCC Freedom Singers Matthew and Marshall Jones
for Community Works, New York City.
ARTS, LOGAN, UTAH // AARON DAVIS HALL, NEW YORK, NY // HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM, YONKERS,
NY // CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NY // CENTRAL PARK ZOO, NEW YORK, NY //
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, PONCE, PUERTO RICO // OLD SONG, INC., GUILDERLAND, NY // METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, NY
EDUCATION
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
PhD in History, 2007 Areas of Doctoral Study: African Diasporic Folklore / Historical
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Ethnomusicology / Cultural and Intellectual History in the United States / Early Modern
World History
Master of Arts in History, 2003 Areas of Focus: US History / Comparative World History /
Latin American Colonial History
Master of Arts in Music Education, 1980 TTeachers College, Columbia University, New York,
NY
Graduate coursework, Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, City University of New
York, NY
AWARDS
Fulbright Regional Research Fellowship (Ghana/Nigeria) Researching African Diaspora:
Untangling the Interlaced Ambiguities of the Historical Blues 2011 2012
Change: Identifying Source Traditions and Cultural Influences Among Black People in North
America 2003-2004
Women In Coalition, University of California, Riverside, Cause I Aint Studin Bout You:
Blueswomen As Intellectuals in the Early Twentieth Century United States 2002-2003
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