HAMPTON SINGERS, THE

HAMPTON SINGERS, THE. Concert choral group (fl. from 1872 to the present; organized at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia). The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute opened its doors in 1870 at Hampton, Virginia. Inspired by the success of Fisk University in sending out its students, the Fisk Jubilee Singers , to raise money for the institution, Hampton decided to send out a group of student singers also. Thomas P. Fenner, formerly a music teacher at the Conservatory in Providence,...