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Michael Sutherland, the National Chorale of Jamaica’s new musical director, conducts the choir during his debut concert, ‘Songs of Faith & Freedom’, at the University Chapel, The University of the West Indies, Mona, on Sunday.
Updated 2 hours ago Michael Reckord/ Gleaner Writer

‘Spirited’ NCOJ concert enthusiastically received

Sunday evening’s concert by the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) was doubly “spirited”, with a programme devoted entirely to Negro spirituals and an equally spirited delivery. The audience at the University Chapel, at The University of the West Indies, Mona, responded with equal enthusiasm.

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