Goshen College Gospel choir, Voices-n-Harmony, to present tribute concert to Kirk Franklin

Concert: Voices-n-Harmony Spring Concert – “The Reason Why We Sing … A Tribute to Kirk Franklin”

Date and time:Sunday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center

Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students (Available at the door only). GC students free with ID.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Voices-n-Harmony, Goshen College’s gospel choir, will pay tribute to Texas-based gospel singer and composer Kirk Franklin with its spring program on Sunday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

The program, titled “The Reason Why We Sing … A Tribute to Kirk Franklin” will feature emcee Pastor Marlon Reid, a Seventh Day Adventist minister from Chicago and a frequent guest of Voices-n-Harmony.

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

Penny-Henderson has worked with church and community choirs for more than 21 years in the Michiana area. She worked as an elementary music specialist in the Elkhart Community Schools for 19 years and currently serves as the student achievement facilitator working to narrow the achievement gap. She also is the choir director at Agape Missionary Baptist Church and Bethany Chapel Seventh Day Adventist Church in Elkhart. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s of education degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door and cost $7 for adults, $5 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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