The Pleasant Hill Singers will perform Music of the Black Shakers, a celebration of the African-American Shaker experience in song and interpretive dance. With special guest performances of shape-note singing by The Appalachian Association of Sacred Harp Singers.

What is Sacred Harp Music?
Sacred Harp shape-note singing is a uniquely American tradition. Sacred harp music is a religious folk music named for Benjamin Franklin White’s The Sacred Harp (1844), that uses a system of printed shapes, instead of standard music notation, to help untrained singers learn how to read music. Old time spirituals are sung a cappella; the “sacred harp” is the human voice.

Sacred Harp music is not Shaker music, but both traditions stem from the same southern root and share similar performance practices. Both types of singing rely solely on the unaccompanied human voice and both were created to simplify music learning.

Learn more about Sacred Harp singing.

PERFORMANCES
12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM
The Pleasant Hill Singers present Music of the Black Shakers: The African-American Shaker Experience Told Through Song
 
11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM
The Appalachian Association of Sacred Harp Singers. Guests are welcome to join in and sing along!
 
• Included in regular village admission
• Admission: $15 ages 13 & above / $5 ages 6-12 / free 5 & under  
• Village Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Call 859.734.1545 / 800.734.5611 x1545 or email info@shakervillageky.org for more information.