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Title
Interview with Rodena Preston, 2007
Creator
Preston, Rodena, interviewee
Preston, Rodena, singer
Stuart, Sheri, interviewer
Contributor
Moon, Haeyong
Sato, Tim, videographer
Date Created and/or Issued
2007-04-20
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Gospel Music History Archive
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189.
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
Interview with Rodena Preston. Gospel music is her whole life's work. Born into a musical family with ministers and piano players. She has been playing piano for church since age nine years. She has been involved with the Gospel Music Workshop of America since its birth. She wants the youth today to understand that it is possible to survive in gospel
the substance of the message will proliferate the genre. Although she cannot imagine where gospel music will go in the future, she trusts that it will continue to expand globally, reaching more people.
Type
moving image
Format
1 video file (5 min.) : digital, sd., col.
Contemporary Gospel
interviews
streaming video
Identifier
gmha-m314 [Legacy record ID]
gmha-preston-interview-2
http://doi.org/10.25549/gmha-m314
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/gmha-preston-interview-2.jpg
Subject
Gospel Music Workshop of America
Gospel music
Preston, Rodena
Place
-118.25,34.05
California
Era of Contemporary and Hip Hop Gospel
Los Angeles
USA
West
Source
gmha-m1 [Source (legacy collection record ID)]
Relation
Gospel Music History Archive

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