The Melodious Faithful: Music at the House of David

Learn about the musical legacy of Benton Harbor’s House of David during a special presentation at the Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library on November 5. For more than fifty years, the Israelite House of David's professional touring bands—orchestras, marching bands, choral groups, string bands, jazz ensembles and swing bands—entertained visitors to the House of David’s amusement park in Benton Harbor and played to packed audiences in concert halls and vaudeville theaters across America. In addition to being a serious commercial enterprise, music at the House of David was a mode of individual, communal and religious expression.