Program History
- 2008
- Program launched in February with Kennedy Center Partnership
- First Kennedy Center Concert performed, Concert Hall
Host: Phylicia Rashad Artist: Jeff Majors
(1)$10,000 Academic Scholarship Award
-Performance for NIH National Disparities Conference
- 2009
-Kennedy Center Concert, Concert Hall
Host: Tom Joyner Artist: Take 6
(1) $10,000 Academic Scholarship Award
(4) $5,000 Academic Scholarship Awards
-National Leadership Council Launched
- 2010
-Kennedy Center Concert, Concert Hall
Host: Shirley Caesar Artist: Kim Burrell
-1st National Soloist Competition: winner Robert Brant, Bethune-Cookman College
(1) $10,000 Academic Scholarship Award
(4) $5,000 Academic Scholarship Awards
(1) $1,000 National Soloist Competition Award
-Partnership with Washington National Opera, Master Class with Soloists
-National Leadership Council spearheaded with/by SunTrust Bank
- 2011
- Concert performed in Nassau, Bahamas, Supported by U.S. State Department
Host: Jennifer Holiday Artist: Kurt Whalen
- Student awarded contract with Washington National Opera - Symone Powell, Wilberforce University
(1) $10,000 Academic Scholarship Award
(6) $5,000 Academic Scholarship Awards
(1) $1,000 National Soloist Competition Award
- 2012
-Grand Ole Opry Concert, Nashville, TN
Host: Shirley Caeser Artist: Wynonna Judd
(2) $1,500 Academic Scholarship Awards
