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There are many notable classically trained black musicians on whose shoulders Three Mo’ Tenors stands. Here are a few. Make them hear you.

George Shirley
If there is one person who can be credited with opening the doors for modern black tenors it would have to be George Irving Shirley, a remarkable man of remarkable firsts who balances his joy of performing… Read More

Lawrence Brownlee
Lawrence Brownlee , born 1972 in Youngstown, Ohio, is one of the most in-demand operatic tenors in the world in the bel canto “beautiful singing” repertoire, distinguished by its high flying top notes… Read More

Roland Hayes
Roland Hayes was a classically trained black tenor, who, along with Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, and Dorothy Maynor, broke the color barrier on the New York concert stage in the 1920s and ’30s…Read More

Civil Rights Activist, Actor, Football Player, Singer, Lawyer, Athlete Paul Robeson was born on April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, to Anna Louisa and William Drew Robeson... Read More

Paul Robeson
Civil Rights Activist, Actor, Football Player, Singer, Lawyer, Athlete
Paul Robeson was born on April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, to Anna Louisa and William Drew Robeson… Read More

William Caesar Warfield
William Caesar Warfield was one of the greatest baritones of the twentieth century, the best-known singer of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Born in 1920 to sharecroppers in West Helena…
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Henry “Harry” Thacker Burleigh
Henry “Harry” Thacker Burleigh, “The Father of Spirituals,” was a composer, arranger, and baritone soloist, the first African-American singer to have a performance recorded…
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Thomas .J Bowers
Thomas J. Bowers, tenor, was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1823 to John, Sr. and Henrietta Bowers, both active in the community. Father John, Sr., made his living as a dealer in second hand clothing and was a founding member of the Pennsylvania Anti Slavery Society…Read More