Jessye Norman Will Sing For The Healing Of AIDS

From: The New York Beacon | Date: December 13, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Mark E. Johnson
New York Beacon, The
12-13-1995
Jessye Norman Will Sing For The Healing of AIDS.

Jessye Norman, international concert and opera artist announced at press conference in New York on Friday, December 1st - World AIDS Day 1995, her new partnership with The Balm In Gilead, Inc. to help the organization continue its work to mobilize African American churches in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

In addition, Miss Norman announced her decision to perform a special benefit concert for The Balm in Gilead at The Riverside Church on December 4, 1996 to be titled "Jessye Norman Sings for the ...

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