Goshen College Gospel choir, Voices-n-Harmony, to present spring concert March 29

Concert: Voices-n-Harmony Spring Concert
Date and time: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $6 adults, $4 seniors/students. GC students free with ID.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Voices-n-Harmony, Goshen College’s Gospel choir, will present a spring program of praise and worship favorites on March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall. The concert will feature a small ensemble of guest musicians (known as “The Band”), and a special guest performance by a visiting mime troupe from South Bend, Ind. The concert will be emceed by Pastor Dwayne Duncombe of Bethany Chapel Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Elkhart. A reception will follow the concert.

Under the direction of Patrice Penny Henderson of Elkhart, Ind., the choir includes Goshen College students, faculty, staff and community members of diverse ages and cultural backgrounds who sing to proclaim the power of God's love.

The program includes praise songs arranged by Kirk Franklin, Colour Blind, the Dallas/Fort Worth Mass, the New Jersey Mass, the Chicago Mass and Shekinah Glory.

Penny-Henderson has worked with church and community choirs for 15 years in the Michiana area. She is currently an elementary music specialist in the Elkhart Community Schools as well as choir director at Agape Missionary Baptist Church in Elkhart. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Oklahoma University and a master’s of education degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Voices-n-Harmony is an associate choir of the Goshen College Music Department, Community School of the Arts and Multicultural Affairs Office.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door and cost $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students. Admission is free for GC students with ID.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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