Wheaton’s Choral Director Premieres Documentary on American Choral Music

One in six people in America, which is about 52 million people, sing in an organized choir. For Jerry Blackstone ‘74, visiting professor of music and Grammy Award-winning choral director, this was enough inspiration to begin a yearslong effort to make a documentary studying American choirs. 
The new documentary, titled “Choral Singing in America, Nurturing the American Soul,” premiered in Barrows Auditorium on February 3, with a livestream online. The project was endorsed by the American Ch...