Matthew Washington Kennedy

Matthew Kennedy, classical pianist, professor, and director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee.

Matthew Washington Kennedy (10 March 1921 – 5 June 2014) was an American classical pianist, professor, choral director, composer, and arranger of Negro Spirituals.[1] He is widely known as the director of the historic Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee from 1957 to 1986.[2][3]

  1. ^ https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=conference-on-african-american-history-and-culture [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Matthew Kennedy - The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org.
  3. ^ "Matthew Kennedy, who led Fisk Jubilee Singers, dies". The Tennessean.