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Creating in the Aural Tradition with Boston City Singers, Lumsden teaches general
music and traditional percussion at the Lincoln School
In this session, our directors will engage conference in Providence, Rhode Island, an independent, college
participants, supported by the ensemble, in a creative preparatory school for girls.
journey—from learning a simple, unison Jamaican folk
song in the aural tradition to crafting a fully fledged
harmonized performance, including movement, per-
cussion and improvisation. Participants will gain a Healing a Community:
strong understanding of our process and the confi- The Gertrude Banks Intergenerational Gospel Choir
dence to explore further.

The Gertrude Banks Gospel Choir is an intergener-
ational ensemble out of Connecticut that has brought
together and provided healing for different members of
its community of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities.
This session will focus on culturally responsive teach-
ing of Gospel music, techniques to engage your com-
munity, and strategies for teaching and differentiating
for an intergenerational choir. The session will feature
performances, demonstrations, and stories by the choir
members.

The Boston City Singers Tour Choir is a choir of twenty-
eight voices conducted by Jane Money, Kimani Lums-
den, and Matthew Leese. The choir has a repertoire
spanning classic American Jazz standards, traditional
compositions from Ukraine to New Zealand, aurally
learned Jamaican and South African folk songs, and
much more. In alternate years, the Tour Choir ven-
tures to countries that have a deep connection to music
as it affects their history, social justice, and culture. The
Tour Choir has toured to Costa Rica, New Zealand
and Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Canada, the
Czech Republic, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Gertrude Banks Gospel Choir was founded in
Kimani Lumsden joined Boston City 2019 as a way to bridge gaps between students at Sims-
Singers in 2012 as World Rhythm En- bury High School. It has since developed into an in-
semble Director. He is a vibrant music tergenerational ensemble ages eleven through seventy,
educator who is passionate about the including middle school students, high schoolers, par-
percussion and dance traditions of West ents, grandparents, and local gospel professionals. The
Africa and the African diaspora. Lumsden grew up in ensemble celebrates the American art of Gospel music
Kingston, Jamaica, where he studied classical piano, and provides a place for singers of all levels to perform,
and traditional Jamaican and Caribbean drumming at learn, and sing together.
the Jamaica School of Music. In addition to his work

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