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"Alma Mater KCC" The Kellogg Community College Choral Union performs the world premiere of the College's first-ever alma mater, an original composition titled "Alma Mater KCC...

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Attention! All KCC Choir alumni
Kellogg Singers
Branch County Community Chorus
Concentus Vocal Ensemble
Women’s Chorus
Opera Workshop
Vocal Lessons
KCC Choral Union

If you participated in any of these ensembles or lessons, we would love you to join us on April 21, 2024! We are premiering KCC’s Alma Mater on April 21 at 3pm at First Presbyterian Church (BC) and I’d love for you to join us. We will rehearse the day of at 1:30pm. It will be the closing number of our 18th annual Singing in the Spring Choral concert. If you are available and interested, please plan to join us on April 21st at 1:30pm for the rehearsal with a 3:00pm concert start.

If you want an advanced copy of the score and a link to the rehearsal track, email me at [email protected]

This will be recorded and broadcasted on local AccessVision. Looking forward to you joining us for this historic event.

Dr. Gerald Case-Blanchard

Here is the schedule for Spelman Glee Club concert which will be rebroadcast on AccessVision on the following dates:

This coming week
Friday 7pm
Saturday 4pm

Next week
Saturday 4/13/24 7pm
Sunday 4/14/24, 530PM.

Still on a high from the HBCU Choir Concert. Spelman College Glee Club, you held true to your motto… To Amaze and to Inspire!

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Spelman College Glee Club celebrates centennial with tour; will stop in Battle Creek A conversation with Dr. Kevin Johnson

Quick reminder! If available, I would love to see a strong contingent of our community members and especially KCC choir folks at this event.

Our interview introducing the upcoming concert.

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Spelman College Glee Club to perform free concert in Battle Creek “There is an experience going to an HBCU that you just can’t compare. It’s the camaraderie, the cultural experience, and the emphasis on the heritage. You’re able to see how people of color in those days were able to create an institution with so lit

Our 2024 Featured Guest Choir! Spelman College Glee Club has maintained a reputation for choral excellence since 1924.

March 11, 2024

Additional information will be forthcoming!

ABOUT OUR 2024 GUEST ENSEMBLE:

Now celebrating its 99th season, the historic Spelman College Glee Club has maintained a reputation for choral excellence since 1924. Open by audition to all students of the College
community, the Glee Club performs a repertoire that includes selections from world cultures, commissioned works, sacred and secular choral literature, Negro spirituals, and music by African
American composers, all with a particular focus on harmonies that complement women’s voices.

Generations of young women, including those who major and minor in music and those focusing on other areas of study, have given their time, talent, and energy in exchange for membership in
this special elite group embedded within the Spelman sisterhood.

Currently, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Johnson, associate professor of music, the Glee Club has performed for various audiences throughout the United States and abroad. Past
performance venues include the Faneuil Hall in Boston, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Internationally, the Glee Club has traveled to Canada, Brazil,
Portugal, and, most recently, Italy for the 2022 ASCO International Summit in Rome. Performance highlights include a 2016 concert at the White House for President Barack Obama and a March 2017 performance at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Active in the local and national music community, the Glee Club has shared the stage with the Dance Theater of Harlem, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and an array of other African American celebrities. Locally, they have performed with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra and most recently provided the choral soundtrack for the Atlanta Ballet’s world premiere of Dwight Rhoden's “Sunrise Divine,” which featured arrangements and original music
by Dr. Johnson.

As the premiere performance organization for the College, the Glee Club sings for most campus events. In 2023, they celebrated the 97th anniversary of the annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert with the Morehouse College Glee Club. Over those 97 years, this event has become the perennial highlight of the Christmas season in Atlanta. This concert is featured on National Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting during the holiday season.

Other major performances include the annual Spring Concert and Spring Tour, which takes place during the College’s observation of spring break.

Announcing our 2024 HBCU Featured Ensemble...
"Spelman College Glee Club"

So, so true. I value those who care for and help educate our children.

Please plan to join us for this very special musical event on Sunday, February 27th at 6:00pm. This is a virtual concert, so you may enjoy in the comfort of your dwelling. See flier for details...

To learn more about this world class ensemble: http://www.msuchoir.org

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Morgan Choir sings for President Obama in a Live at the White House Series featuring American Gospel Music. The choir sang with Shirley Caesar, Tamela Mann, Lyle Lovett and Aretha Franklin!

To view: https://www.facebook.com/SMBCBC or via Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjCT0jf8QXdHXZX0D2iH9Fg