Nancy Dupree

about

Nancy Dupree initially found her elementary school music students in Rochester, NY resistant to participation in class. Once she dropped the standard literature (which asked "Mr. Bear" to "come and play") and began composing music that bore relevancy to contemporary society and to their very tuned-in and grownup interests, she found they immediately took to performing. Her songs addressed, for example, the contributions icons James Brown and Martin Luther King Jr. made to society, the intangible assets each child naturally possessed ("What do I have? Guts...heart...and soul") and fighting for civil rights ("I want my freedom; I want it now"). Not only did singing about meaningful issues in real musical styles reveal the immense talents the students had, but it gave all a critical lesson in empowerment. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Ghetto Reality

Sweet Thunder: Black Poetry by Nancy Dupree

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Yeti 7

Letter to Young Sisters and Other Poems by Nancy Dupree

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Yeti Volume 7

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va - Slow Dance [Tristes Humanistes]

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Ghetto Reality LP

Yeti Seven

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Sweet Thunder: Black Poetry

Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul

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Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul (2016, Numero Group)

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Yeti #7

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