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\"Jackson

Jackson Caesar (photo courtesy of jacksoncaesar.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

A renowned tenor is coming to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to perform a one-person show on the stage that bears the name of the musician who first presented the music.<\/p>\n

Jackson Caesar will perform music by Roland Hayes in the style of Hayes in \u201cSpirituals: Celebrating the Music, Life and Legacy of Roland Hayes\u201d at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the UTC Fine Arts Center\u2019s Roland Hayes Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

The free concert, open to the public, is sponsored by the UTC Department of Music and the Division of Diversity and Engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to understand the rich history that we have with the local music community,\u201d said Dr. Kenyon Wilson, interim department head of Performing Arts at UTC. \u201cJackson Caesar\u2019s research has primarily been about Roland Hayes. The program is going to be talking about the life and music of Roland Hayes and singing the music in the style of Roland Hayes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hayes, a lyric tenor and composer, spent his formative years living in Chattanooga\u2014and was awarded an honorary degree from the University in 1968. The Fine Arts Center was completed in 1980 and the Concert Hall was dedicated in Hayes\u2019 honor in April 1981.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first learned about Jackson Caesar and his project right around the time we vacated the Fine Arts Center for the renovation,\u201d Wilson said. The Fine Arts Center reopened in September 2022 after nearly four years without performances due to renovations and COVID-19 protocols. \u201cI have been patiently waiting for us to get back into the Hayes and to be able to bring him in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caesar, who received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the District of Columbia in 2011, is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, arranger, producer, lecturer, educator, documentarian and author.<\/p>\n

Caesar was introduced to the music of Hayes while in college. He began an annual tour performing Hayes\u2019 songs during Black History Month in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first read up on him, I was blown away with his story and his life,\u201d Caesar said, \u2018and I thought, \u2018How is it that we don\u2019t know about this guy with this fascinating story?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we think about famous African Americans during the 1920s and 1930s, the names that come up include Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson and Duke Ellington. No one mentions Roland Hayes, yet he was part of that period, so I was like, \u2018You know what I\u2019m going to do? I\u2019m going to make him my story.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Caesar said he\u2019s always looking to uncover nuggets about Hayes that he can incorporate into his performance so that concertgoers can \u201cexperience big storytelling throughout. In between each section, you\u2019ll hear Roland Hayes give more insights into how he interpreted the spirituals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Roland

Roland Hayes photo and program from the dedication of the Roland Hayes Concert Hall courtesy of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, who was Roland Hayes?<\/p>\n

Thanks to UTC Special Collections, that question can best be answered.<\/p>\n

Archived physical holdings preserved by Special Collections include a program from the Roland Hayes Concert Hall dedication ceremony\u2014which took place April 20, 1981\u2014and an undated photograph of Hayes. A digitized Feb. 27, 1981, edition of the University Echo contained the press release announcement announcing the upcoming ceremony.<\/p>\n

According to the archives, Hayes, the son of formerly enslaved people, was born in the unincorporated community of Curryville, Georgia, in 1887. After arriving in Chattanooga during his adolescent years, his singing in a church choir led organist and choir director Arthur Calhoun and Chattanooga Times employee William Stone to persuade him to develop his voice. Money was raised to enable Hayes to enter the preparatory program of Fisk University in Nashville.<\/p>\n

After spending four years there, Hayes accompanied the Fisk Jubilee Singers to Boston, where he performed with them in concert.<\/p>\n

He remained in Boston to further his musical career and hone his craft. He gave his first concert in the Boston Symphony Hall in November 1917 at the age of 30.<\/p>\n

Hayes soon traveled to Europe and gained international acclaim. As a soloist, he performed with orchestras in Vienna, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam and other foreign capitals, giving command performances before royalty.<\/p>\n

Until returning to the U.S., he performed with symphony orchestras across the country before retiring in 1947. He continued to give charity concerts for special causes into his 80s.<\/p>\n

At its June 1968 commencement, the University of Chattanooga conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters upon Hayes. \u201cThe prolonged standing ovation was in recognition not only of a distinguished musician but of a truly great human being,\u201d cited the dedication ceremony program. He returned to Chattanooga in March 1969 to express his gratitude for the honorary degree by performing a University-sponsored concert at the Tivoli Theatre.<\/p>\n

Hayes passed away in a Boston hospital on Jan. 1, 1977.<\/p>\n

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\"Photo

Photo courtesy of jacksoncaesar.com<\/p><\/div>\n

When he arrives on UTC\u2019s campus, Caesar will be performing both in Chattanooga and on a stage named in Hayes\u2019 honor for the first time.<\/p>\n

The trip came with a targeted date\u2014Feb. 13\u2014in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started to do the tour,\u201d Caesar explained, \u201cI wanted to hit up all of the places that he\u2019s lived and that he was known for.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the dates, I\u2019m trying to have them significant to something so we have something to talk about. For example, the date for this visit had to be between the 12th and the 14th. Why? Because that\u2019s significant to Black History Month; those days are particular because of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s and Frederick Douglass\u2019s birthdays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caesar continues to reimagine how he can bring Hayes\u2019s words and music to different generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realized there were no children\u2019s books out there on Roland Hayes, so I\u2019ll have a four-book series on Roland Hayes that will be out later this summer,\u201d he said, \u201cand then in February of next year, I\u2019m going to have those books turned into a mini cartoon collection for the kids. That\u2019s what I\u2019m working on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jackson Caesar will perform music by Roland Hayes in the style of Hayes in \u201cSpirituals: Celebrating the Music, Life and Legacy of Roland Hayes\u201d at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the UTC Fine Arts Center\u2019s Roland Hayes Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

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