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Greetings!! My name is Randye Jones. I am a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Bennett College in Greensboro. While there, my academic achievements included being named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. I earned my Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Florida State University, Tallahassee, where I studied with Barbara Ford and Enrico Di Giuseppe. Currently, I'm a doctoral student in Vocal Literature at the University of Iowa and am studying with Stephen Swanson.
I have also studied with Mary Jane Crawford, Judith Howle, Timothy Hoekman, and Millicent Scarlett. Charlotte Alston and Dominque-René de Lerma encouraged my growth as a musician and researcher.
My affiliations have included: American Musicological Society, the National Association of Negro Musicians, Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, the Recording Academy, and the Washington Area Music Association.
I am a lyric soprano. Although I have performed art songs and operatic arias in recitals around the United States, my interest has turned towards the concert performance of Negro Spirituals. I have begun presenting recitals and lecture-recitals on spirituals. Most of this activity is part of my research project called The Art of the Negro Spiritual.
While my current base of operations is in the Midwestern United States, my travels take me to performance venues throughout the country, and I anticipate opportunities to perform and lecture internationally.
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