CSO Gospel Choir presents Pure Gospel: Authentic Reflections II
Event will be held at 5pm.
Calvary Baptist Church presents the celebrated CSO Gospel Choir in a performance event entitled Pure Gospel, Authentic Reflections II. Under the direction of Sandra S. Barnhardt, the Choir will honor four influential artists that defined the gospel canon.
The introduction of the African-American spiritual blended the secular form of the blues to merge into a unique fusion of music we now know as Gospel Music. Pure Gospel: Authentic Reflections II will chronicle four major contributors and pioneers of the African-American Gospel Music style—renowned artists and composers Reverend James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Edwin Hawkins and Walter Hawkins will be honored during the performance.
The Reverend James Cleveland was a gospel singer, arranger, composer and driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel and jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs. He became the first Gospel Music recording artist ever to win the coveted Grammy Award. This recognition ushered in an admiration for a musical form that continues to uplift music lovers of all genres and generations.
Andraé Crouch first organized a vocal group with the Church of God in Christ Singers which included Billy Preston who later with the Beatles and Eric Clapton. He then founded the Disciples in 1968 and appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and toured 68 countries. Crouch's contemporary gospel sound reached beyond the traditional African-American base and touched a racially and musically diverse audience.
Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir leader, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He (and the Edwin Hawkins Singers) is best known for his arrangement of Oh Happy Day which was included on the Songs of the Century list selling more than seven million copies worldwide resulting in Hawkins’ first of four Grammy Awards.
Walter Hawkins, brother to Edwin Hawkins, was best known for mixing secular sounds with church music characterized by the imploring tones of a preacher in full thrall to his faith. He performed and recorded more that a dozen albums with his brother and family, and received the Grammy Award in 1980.
Tickets: $25 adults; seniors and students $15
By phone: (866) 811-4111; Mon-Fri 9am-9pm; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm (Eastern Time)
At door: (cash or check only) up to one hour before each performance.
Calvary Baptist Church presents the celebrated CSO Gospel Choir in a performance event entitled Pure Gospel, Authentic Reflections II. Under the direction of Sandra S. Barnhardt, the Choir will honor four influential artists that defined the gospel canon.
The introduction of the African-American spiritual blended the secular form of the blues to merge into a unique fusion of music we now know as Gospel Music. Pure Gospel: Authentic Reflections II will chronicle four major contributors and pioneers of the African-American Gospel Music style—renowned artists and composers Reverend James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Edwin Hawkins and Walter Hawkins will be honored during the performance.
The Reverend James Cleveland was a gospel singer, arranger, composer and driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel and jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs. He became the first Gospel Music recording artist ever to win the coveted Grammy Award. This recognition ushered in an admiration for a musical form that continues to uplift music lovers of all genres and generations.
Andraé Crouch first organized a vocal group with the Church of God in Christ Singers which included Billy Preston who later with the Beatles and Eric Clapton. He then founded the Disciples in 1968 and appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and toured 68 countries. Crouch's contemporary gospel sound reached beyond the traditional African-American base and touched a racially and musically diverse audience.
Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir leader, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He (and the Edwin Hawkins Singers) is best known for his arrangement of Oh Happy Day which was included on the Songs of the Century list selling more than seven million copies worldwide resulting in Hawkins’ first of four Grammy Awards.
Walter Hawkins, brother to Edwin Hawkins, was best known for mixing secular sounds with church music characterized by the imploring tones of a preacher in full thrall to his faith. He performed and recorded more that a dozen albums with his brother and family, and received the Grammy Award in 1980.
Tickets: $25 adults; seniors and students $15
By phone: (866) 811-4111; Mon-Fri 9am-9pm; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm (Eastern Time)
At door: (cash or check only) up to one hour before each performance.
