In 2007, the art of the Negro Spiritual was acknowledged as a National Treasure of the United States. The founder and director of the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers is Dr. Baruch Whitehead, Associate Professor of Music Education at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. The mission of the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, New York is to the preserve the uniquely American art form of the formal concert style Negro Spiritual. We welcome all people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual preference, political views or socio-economic status. Our singers share a common love of this amazing body of music and our fervent belief that this music still carries the power to bring social justice to our world. The group is named in honor of civil rights pioneer Dorothy Cotton, a resident of Ithaca, New York, who served as education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and continues to spread her message of freedom and hope to people around the world through music. We gratefully acknowledge support from the following: Community Arts Partnership, the Dorothy L. Allen Black Gospel Music Fund of the Community Foundation, The Erin Aljoe Schlather Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation, The Tompkins County Tourism Program, The Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. We are a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation.

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