On Monday, February 13 Measha performed for the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day.
Watch her perform two songs, ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’ and ‘We Shall Overcome’ here.
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Canada Reads
Measha has joined Canada Reads, replacing Tamara Taylor, she will be defending the book Taylor originally chose to champion, Company Town by Madeline Ashby.
Read more about Canada Reads here
Measha in NOW Magazine
Ahead of her sold out show in Toronto, Measha wrote a feature article for Now Magazine about the survival of the traditional spiritual entitled “The traditional spiritual must be freed from racial confines”
Read the entire feature here
Measha on CBC
CBC Radio 2 will rebroadcast Measha’s episode of ‘This Is My Music’ this Saturday, January 28th at 10 AM, click here for more information on the episode and how to tune in http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/17972/soprano-measha-brueggergosman-hosts-this-is-my-mus
On Tuesday, January 31 Measha will be on CBC q with host Tom Power at 10 AM including a live performance of Measha and her band performing new music from Songs Of Freedom in addition to an interview. Click here for information on how to listen http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q
Measha in Maclean’s Magazine
To celebrate the release of Songs Of Freedom, Measha met with Maclean’s Magazine to discuss the new album:
Opera singers rarely get political. And the spiritual—the politically charged songs that brought solace and empowerment to enslaved African-Americans, a musical tradition carried on by the likes of legendary sopranos Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle—rarely earns the spotlight, much less radio play or stage time.
But that hasn’t stopped Canadian opera singer Measha Brueggergosman from seeking to further the art and history of spirituals in her latest album, Songs of Freedom. Her interest is hard-earned: She started to explore her own roots with a documentary in 2015, also called Songs of Freedom, which traced the 39-year-old’s journey from her hometown of New Brunswick to her past familial roots in Cameroon. It was there, in Central Africa, where Brueggergosman discovered her family’s link to the Bassa tribe and learned about the struggles of her paternal grandparents, who managed to escape slavery in the late 1700s. Brueggergosman captures these moments of self-discovery on the album and in a detailed essay that outlines her ambitions for the project.
Read the full interview here……