Jon Michael Spencer

Background

Jon Spencer was born on March 10, 1957, in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

Spencer studied music at Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, where he received Bachelor of Arts in 1978, music composition at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, where he earned Master of Arts in 1980 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1982, and theology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he got Master of Theological Studies in 1990.

Career

Jon spent twenty-three years teaching across multiple disciplines at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill during 1982 - 1986 and 1992 - 1995, Duke University in 1986 - 1990, Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, and University of Richmond in Virginia. Currently, he is an authority on African-American hymnal music and music history.

Achievements

• Jon Spencer is highly famous as the author of books "As the Black School Sings: Black Music Collections at Black Universities and Colleges with a Union List of Book Holdings", "Sacred Symphony: The Chanted Sermon of the Black Preacher", and "Protest and Praise: Sacred Music of Black Religion."

Works

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  • Black Hymnody: Hymnological History African-American Church 1992
  • PROTEST AND PRAISE 1990
  • The New Negroes and Their Music: The Success of the Harlem Renaissance 1997
  • The Rhythms of Black Folk: Race, Religion, and Pan-Africanism 1995
  • Sing a New Song: Liberating Black Hymnody eBook: Jon Michael Spencer: Books 1997
  • Re-Searching Black Music 1996
  • Blues And Evil 1993
  • Self-Made & Blues-Rich 1996