Joyce Mathis and James DePreist

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

An Interview with Soprano Joyce Mathis and Conductor James DePreist. DePreist conducts the Symphony of the New World, the first racially integrated orchestra in the United States. Mathis talks about how she came to be a professional singer.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151623
Municipal archives id: T4400

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Darializa Avila-Chevalier on Mamdani, ICE and the NYPD

Who’s Running This Place |

Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? Plus, Molly Fischer on Waymo

Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of MAGA, explains how the President lost control of his movement. And Fischer, a New Yorker staff writer, on the present and future of driverless cars.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

Watch: Test your news knowledge with Brian Lehrer

Brian Lehrer leads special guests in a multi-round quiz of news oddities.
Radiolab |

A Nobel Peace Prize Winner on the State of Press Freedom and Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show |
YOU ARE ONLINE