In between a hectic touring and performance schedule as well as preparation for the release of his new project, Bishop Bryan Andrew Wilson called the saints both young and old together for a time of refreshing in the first annual Holy Convocation of the Bapastogic Movement beginning Sunday, April 28th through Saturday, May 4th in Perry Florida. Wilson drew on his upbringing in the Baptist, Apostolic and Church of God in Christ (COGIC) churches to form the new inter denominational group with an emphasis on youth . Highlighting the week long confab are day and evening sessions with speakers including Pastor Duranice Pace of the Pace Sisters and Dr. Joyce Cohen, a musical celebration and the official message being delivered by Wilson on Saturday.
Wilson’s new CD is set for an early summer release.
Lisa Knowles announced the opening of registration for the Evolution of Quartet Retreat to be held in Memphis, Tennessee June 28 through June 30. The gathering will offer informational workshops as well as networking sessions for aspiring singers, songwriters, musicians, producers and artist management representatives. Special guests for the confab include , Teddy Campbell, Tim Rogers, Alexis Spight and Stan Jones. Highlighting the event will be the CD Release concert of Lisa Knowles and The Brown Singers.
By all intentions, 2013 is going to be a great year for Gospel. July 5th has been set as the date for the highly anticipated recording of Love Alive 6. The recording will serve as the highlight of the Edwin and Walter Hawkins Music and Arts Love Fellowship Conference scheduled for June 30 – July 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The nation’s top gospel artists take center stage during the 105th International Holy Convocation of the Church of God in Christ in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, November 9th. . International Music Department President Dr. Judith Christie McAllister welcomes Donald Lawrence and Company, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Professor James Hall, Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago, The Nevels Sisters, Tamela Mann, Anita Wilson, Jonathan McReynolds, Twinkie Clark and others.
Dr. Teresa Hairston’s Gospel Heritage Foundation 16th Annual Praise and Worship Conference returns to the city of Atlanta the week of February 14th, 2013 with some of the nation’s foremost worship leaders in attendance. This year’s schedule includes William McDowell, Dr. Judith Christie McAllister, Bishop Hezekiah Walker, Pastor Wess Morgan, VaShawn Mitchell and others. One of the highlights of this year’s convention is a heritage session with the incomparable Edwin Hawkins.
The Gospel Heritage Award recipients for 2013 are noted choir directors Lonnie Hunter and Ricky Dillard and Bishop Liston Page, Sr. Bishop Paul S. Morton and the Changing A Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church will serve as the host.
Noted Gospel Songwriter Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux’s Annual Heritage Foundation Music Conference moves from its usual October date to July and takes the gospel to Irvine, California. (more…)
The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (The Dorsey Convention) has announced the selection of Marabeth Gentry as President during their post convention meeting held in Washington, DC. (more…)
This year’s Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) will take place in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Convention Center from August 13th-19th. The week will be filled with events. There will be showcases, concerts, daily services, and a special concert commemorating the late Reverand James Cleveland, founder of GMWA. Verizon “How Sweet The Sound” will sponsor two midnight musicals that will feature: Kirk Franklin, James Fortune & F.I.Y.A, Rance Allen, John P.Kee, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Marvin Sapp, Jessica Reedy, and JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise. GMWA events will also include the Crystal Mic Media Awards Ceremony, which recognizes achievement in gospel music radio and media. For more information regarding events go to the GMWA National Website.
Congregants with gather en masse for the 78th Session of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs & Choruses covening in the city of Atlanta on August 6 – August 12, 2011. This will be the first gathering of the convention since the passing of their beloved president, Bishop Kenneth Moales in 2010. (more…)
Gospel singers, songwriters and musicians from all across the country will gather in Los Angeles for the Heritage Music Foundation’s Annual Gospel Music Conference to be held October 20th through the 23rd. This is the 25th anniversary of the HMF Conference founded by award winning songwriter Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux (Give Me a Clean Heart, He Decided to Die, If it Had Not Been for the Lord on My Side). The theme of this year’s conference is Gospel Music: A National Treasure for Hard Times. (more…)
In between a hectic touring and performance schedule as well as preparation for the release of his new project, Bishop Bryan Andrew Wilson called the saints both young and old together for a time of refreshing in the first annual Holy Convocation of the Bapastogic Movement beginning Sunday, April 28th through Saturday, May 4th in Perry Florida. Wilson drew on his upbringing in the Baptist, Apostolic and Church of God i
n Christ (COGIC) churches to form the new inter denominational group with an emphasis on youth . Highlighting the week long confab are day and evening sessions with speakers including Pastor Duranice Pace of the Pace Sisters and Dr. Joyce Cohen, a musical celebration and the official message being delivered by Wilson on Saturday.
