collections/exhibits including: The Progressive Collection, The Weisman. Foundation ... American Music Institute (AAMI)
Acknowledgements
Let
Freedom
Sing!
All
Choirs
and
Participants
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
Franklin
Regional
High
School
Chorus
Boosters
Mary
Bechman
Norwin
School
District,
Staff
&
Community
Bridget
Faulk,
Lauren
McCurdy
and
the
Norwin
HS
Chorus
Yvonne
Hudson
Volunteers
Media
Sponor
‐
WQED
Celebrating
Unity
and
Diversity
through
Music
and
Honoring
the
Life
and
Work
of
Dr.
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
Marketing
&
Public
Relations
support
from
New
Place
Collaborations,
LLC
Contact
us
at
412.512.0589
or
[email protected]
www.newplace.us
Featuring
Vanessa
German
The
Pittsburgh
Gospel
Choir
Jim
Donovan
&
the
St.
Francis
Univ.
World
Drumming
Ensemble
Thank
you
for
your
generous
support.
Proceeds
from
these
concerts
will
benefit
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
Community
Food
Bank
and
the
Westmoreland
County
Food
Bank.
Let
Freedom
Sing!
was
founded
in
2008
by
Dr.
Herbert
V.
R.
P.
Jones
and
Kris
Rust.
To
help
out
next
year,
please
contact
us
at
[email protected]
or
724.327.5456
x5316
(Monday
Only)
East
Suburban
Unitarian
Universalist
Church,
Renee
Waun,
Minister
First
Unitarian
Church,
Jon
Erik
Schreiber,
Choir
Director
Franklin
Regional
High
School
Chorus,
Kris
Rust,
Director
McKeesport
Area
High
School
Chorus,
Beth
Eger,
Director
Norwin
High
School
Choir,
Bridget
Faulk
and
Lauren
McCurdy,
Directors
Sister
Thea
Bowman
Catholic
Academy,
Carolyn
Perteete,
Music
Teacher
Wilkinsburg
High
School
Choir,
Emily
Chapman,
Director
Saturday,
January
18
Monday,
January
20
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
Norwin
High
School
Pittsburgh,
PA
North
Huntingdon,
PA
Program
Vanessa
German
‐
Call
to
Celebration
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
Choir
(Saturday
Only)
Selections
to
be
announced
The
Pittsburgh
Gospel
Choir,
Dr.
Herbert
V.
R.
P.
Jones,
Director
"If
Any
Man
Be
In
Christ
He
Is
A
New
Creature"
arr.
by
Dr.
Herbert
Jones
"Just
Tell
Jesus"
by
Dr.
Robert
J.
Fryson
(The
Pittsburgh
Gospel
Ensemble)
"Romans
10:9"
arr.
by
Dr.
Patrick
Bradley
"O
Sing
Unto
The
Lord"
by
Dr.
Diane
White
Clayton
Vanessa
German
is
an
award
winning
multidisciplinary
artist
based
in
Homewood,
where
she
founded
the
Art
House,
and
the
“STOP
SHOOTING,
WE
LOVE
YOU”
yard
signs.
She
has
pioneered
“Spoken
Word
Opera”‐‐a
dynamic
hybrid
of
spoken
word
poetry
infused
with
the
theatrical
elements
of
Opera,
Hip
Hop,
and
African
Storytelling.
She
has
been
featured
performer
at
local
and
national
venues
including
various
TED
conferences.
The
PGC
Band
Don
McNeal,
Bass
Guitar
Richard
Williams,
Guitar
Charles
Rowe,
Piano/Keyboard
Randy
Williams,
Drums
Jim
Donovan
&
the
St.
Francis
University
World
Drumming
Ensemble
(Monday
Only)
Selections
to
be
announced
Combined
Choirs
"Precious
Lord"
by
Roland
M.
Carter
"Jesus
Is
A
Rock
In
A
Weary
Land"
arr.
by
Glenn
E.
Burleigh
"With
A
Strength
Not
My
Own"
by
Gail
Jones
Murphy
"Make
A
Joyful
Noise
Unto
The
Lord"
by
Dr.
Raymond
Wise
German’s
sculptural
work
has
been
part
of
several
public
and
private
collections/exhibits
including:
The
Progressive
Collection,
The
Weisman
Foundation,
and
the
American
Visionary
Arts
Museum.
She
debuted
a
new
body
of
sculptural
and
performance
work
in
October
2013
at
the
Pavel
Zoubok
Gallery
in
New
York
City.
Recently,
the
Huffington
Post
noted
her,
"One
of
30
contemporary
art
makers
under
40
that
you
should
know
about."
Her
work
is
presently
touring
the
nation
in
the
Driskell
Center's
African
American
Art
1950‐
present
exhibition,
and
a
solo
exhibition
of
new
sculptures
is
currently
showing
at
Concept
Art
Gallery
in
Regent
Square,
where
she
will
be
performing
on
January
30.
The
Pittsburgh
Gospel
Choir
has
been
led
since
its
founding
by
Dr.
Herbert
V.R.P.
Jones.
A
Southern
transplant
to
Pennsylvania,
Dr.
Jones
has
cultivated
a
broad‐ based,
multifaceted
career
as
a
choral
conductor,
educator,
operatic
and
oratorio
bass,
liturgical
dancer,
orator
and
pastor,
teaching
and
performing
across
the
United
States
and
Europe.
Dr.
Jones
holds
numerous
degrees,
culminating
in
a
D.M.A.
in
Choral
Conducting
from
the
University
of
Mississippi,
and
he
is
considered
a
leading
authority
on
the
music
of
Moses
George
Hogan.
Jones
sits
on
numerous
boards,
including
the
Afro‐ American
Music
Institute
(AAMI)
(Pittsburgh,
PA)
and
‘All
Nations
Dance’
(Pittsburgh,
PA),
and
he
is
faculty
at
the
CCAC,
Allegheny
Campus
–
Dept.
of
Music.
The
Saint
Francis
University
World
Drum
Ensemble
is
a
group
of
university
students,
faculty,
staff
and
community
members
who
gather
weekly
with
the
sole
purpose
of
enjoying
the
process
of
making
music
together.
The
ensemble's
repertoire
is
based
on
traditional
drumming
music
from
all
over
the
world
including,
Africa,
India
and
the
Americas.
SFU
faculty
member
Jim
Donovan
is
a
multi‐platinum
musician
whose
work
in
the
music
business
with
his
band
Rusted
Root
has
been
featured
in
major
motion
films
such
as
Ice
Age,
Twister,
Mathilda
as
well
as
on
various
network
television
shows
such
as
American
Idol,
David
Letterman,
Conan
O'Brien,
Party
of
Five
and
the
PBS
"Web
of
Life"
documentary.
His
touring
work
with
Rusted
Root
provided
opportunity
to
share
the
stage
with
rock
legends
such
as
Carlos
Santana,
The
Grateful
Dead,
Jimmy
Page
and
Robert
Plant,
and
Sting
among
others.
Donovan
has
developed
a
training
program
that
teaches
Occupational
Therapists,
medical
professionals,
parents
and
teachers
how
to
use
percussion
techniques
as
a
complementary
intervention
for
autistic
kids
and
children
with
other
disabilities.
Learn
more
at
JimDonovanMusic.com
