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

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