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On October 6, 1871, George L. White, Fisk treasurer and music professor, took a nine-member choral ensemble of students on tour to earn money for the university. Jubilee Day is celebrated annually on October 6th in connection with this historic day. One early concert, dedicated to the victims of the notorious 1871 fire in Chicago, left the students physically and emotionally drained. In a gesture of hope and encouragement, White named them the Jubilee Singers, a Biblical reference to the year of Jubilee in the Book of Leviticus. In 1873 the group grew to eleven members and toured Europe for the first time. Funds raised that year were used to construct the school's first permanent building, Jubilee Hall.
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