Sweet Honey In The Rock

About Sweet Honey In The Rock

Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon, with Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson and Mie, in 1973 at the (expired link). Black Repertory Theater Company, Sweet Honey In The Rock, the internationally renowned a cappella e Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon, with Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson and Mie, in 1973 at the (expired link). Black Repertory Theater Company, Sweet Honey In The Rock, the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble, has been a vital and innovative presence in the music culture of Washington, (expired link)., and in communities of conscience around the world.

Sweet Honey In The Rock has been a path, a way, a discipline, and a process, as its founder and mainstay Bernice Johnson Reagon wrote in the book We Who Believe in Freedom - Sweet Honey In The Rock Still On The Journey (1993), a chronicle of this extraordinary African-American female vocal group. Indeed, Sweet Honey has been a glorious, evolving process of growth and change throughout its existence.

Now entering her fourth decade, the Grammy® Award-winning ensemble moves forward following Bernice Johnson Reagon’s retirement in February 2004, continuing the legacy begun thirty-one years ago.

From Psalm 81:16 comes the promise to a people of being fed by honey out of the rock. Honey – an ancient substance, sweet and nurturing. Rock – an elemental strength, enduring the winds of time. The metaphor of sweet honey in the rock captures comple