By ROHAN PRESTON, Star TribuneLast update: March 4, 2011 After leading a group of singers in a workshop at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, renowned Florida choral director André Thomas lingered to sign scores of his own compositions and arrangements. The fans last Sunday included former students, devotees of choral music and a fair-haired…  Read More →

Interview by John Birge, Minnesota Public Radio March 2, 2011 St. Paul, Minn. — How ironic. The man who wrote the book on spirituals hated spirituals a his first encounter! Back when Dr. Andre Thomas was the only black boy in an all-white Kansas school, he “shrank with embarrassment” when his high school choir sang…  Read More →