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Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, ou Who hast brought us thus far on the way; ou Who hast by y might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met ee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget ee. Shadowed beneath y hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land. Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;

Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;

Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;

Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.

Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land.

Lift Every Voice and Sing

DR. JEAN MONTÈSAssociate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Studies,

Coordinator of StringsLoyola University New Orleans

An accomplished conductor, educator, clinician, lecturer, and performer, Dr. Jean Montès is passionate about challenging and stimulating audiences and musicians alike. At Loyola University New Orleans, he conducts orchestral ensembles and teaches conducting and string pedagogy courses for music education majors. In addition, Montès is the Artistic Director of The Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra (GNOYO) where he conducts the Symphony, and is also the founder and director of Molto, a chamber music ensemble.

Growing up in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Montès studied the cello at the Holy Trinity School of Music. He left Haiti after winning a full scholarship to pursue his bachelor’s degree in cello performance at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He earned a master’s degree in Music Education at the University of Akron in Ohio and completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting at the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Dr. William LaRue Jones. His dissertation topic was “An Annotated Translation from French to English of the History of Music in Haiti.” He is presently focusing his research on the performance and promotion of orchestral works by Haitian composers.

Dr. Montès is in constant demand as a conductor, clinician, judge, and lecturer with orchestras and schools at all levels throughout the country. He spends his summers teaching strings and directing ensembles at summer music festivals in the United States and at the Holy Trinity Music Camp in Haiti where he has been the Assistant Director.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONVOCATIONFebruary 23, 2016

Xavier University of Louisiana Convocation Center • 12:15 p.m.

C. Reynold Verret, Ph.D.PresidentPresiding

Kenneth G. Boutte, Sr., Ph.D., ‘76Professor, Biology Department

Grand Marshal

Deidre D. Labat, Ph.D.Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Master of Ceremonies

Processional: Kilimanjaro: An African Portrait ....................Robert Washburn, (b. 1928)Xavier University Symphonic Band

Tim Turner, D.M.A., Conductor

Invocation ..................................................................Reverend Etido Jerome, S.S.J., S.T.L.Chaplain, Office of Campus Ministry

Introduction of Presenter ................................................................ Joseph K. Byrd, M.Ed.Vice President for Student Services

Convocation Performance: Musical Reflections of Haiti .................. Jean Montès, D.M.A. Conductor, Molto Chamber Ensemble

Dara Rahming, ’95, Soprano

Honors for Freshman and First-Year Pharmacy Students ...................... Deidre D. Labat

Reflections .................................................................................................C. Reynold Verret

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.................................................. J.R. Johnson, arr. Roland CarterLed by John E. Ware, D.M.A., ‘77

Wilfred Delphin, D.M.A., Accompanist

Benediction ............................................................................ Reverend Etido Jerome, S.S.J.

Recessional: Courage March ...............................................Henry Fillmore (1881 – 1956)Xavier University Symphonic Band