Local Experts to Lead NEC-sponsored African-American Gospel Music Workshops Saturday, February 18 th, 10:00am – 5:00pm, at the Roland Hayes School of Music;
NEC Gospel Jubilee Concert - Sunday, February 19 th, 4:00pm, Jordan Hall
(Boston, MA) NEC is pleased to present its 27th Annual Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Jubilee Concert Sunday, February 19 th at 4:00pm in the Jordan Concert Hall. The concert features: The George W. Russell, Jr., Trio, 2006 NEC Lifetime Gospel Achievement Award Winner Ms. Elta Garrett, The Boston Children’s Chorus, the newly formed NEC Combined Youth Choir, The Massachusetts Liturgical Dance Network, Holy Tabernacle Church Choir and the 200 voices NEC Millennium Gospel Choir*. Ticket price: $15.00; WGBH Members 2 for 1. For ticket information, please contact the Jordan Hall Box Office at: 617-585-1260/585-1264.
NEC will also present a series of Gospel Music Workshops led by local gospel music directors on Saturday, February 18 th, from 10:00am through 5:00pm at the Roland Hayes School of Music, 55 Malcolm X Blvd, near Dudley Square, Roxbury. For more information please contact: Calvin Hicks, Director of Community Collaborations at: 617-585-1136. The NEC Gospel Music Workshops are designed to familiarize participants with characteristic gospel choral-music techniques, conducting, keyboard playing, vocal techniques, movement, and theory. Recordings and/or musical scores of gospel songs will be provided and serve as the learning materials for participants. Faculty include: Patricia Dance, James A. Early, Evelyn Lee-Jones, Renese King, Dennis Montgomery III, George W. Russell, Jr., Donnell L. Patterson, and Dennis L. Slaughter.
The Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Jubilee and Workshops are co-produced by GNE PRODUCTIONS’ Patricia Dance and Donnell L. Patterson and NEC’s Community Collaborations Department under the auspices of Calvin Hicks.
*The Millennium Choir is directed by an ensemble of preeminent ministers of music/choir directors from area churches. Each musical director is the recipient of NEC’s prestigious Gospel Music Award.