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Gospel Mass
February 15, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
ELPC’s Chancel Choir is joined by the Nouveau Noir Vocal Ensemble for Robert Ray’s popular Gospel Mass. (Scroll to the bottom of this page for a video preview of the concert.)
East Liberty Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir
Nouveau Noir Vocal Ensemble
Dr. Ed Moore, conductor
Gabriel D’Abruzzo, piano
Paul Thompson, bass
James Johnson, drums
East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s Chancel Choir will be joined by the Nouveau Noir Vocal Ensemble for a performance of Robert Ray’s beloved Gospel Mass. This free performance will take place on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 4:00 pm in the church’s sanctuary. Conducting the performance will be the church’s organist/music director, Dr. Ed Moore, with Gabe D’Abruzzo at the piano, Paul Thompson on bass, and James Johnson on drums.
Robert Ray is professor emeritus of music at the University of Missouri-St.Louis. Prior to St. Louis, Dr. Ray was at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he founded the university’s Black Chorus in 1968. Premiered in 1979 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass has been sung by choirs around the world. Based on the text of the Catholic Mass, the work has achieved an ecumenical appeal, allowing choirs from all denominations to embrace these texts in a gospel music style.
Invite your friends and family to join you for this concert that will be sure to raise the roof and lift your spirits! See you at the concert!
