via getupmornings: Ricky Dillard is a choir director and music writer that has had a very successful career in gospel music. He will be releasing his 10th album and has Tina Campbell, Karen Clark Sheard and more on it. Erica Campbell asked about what makes a great choir and the answer shouldn’t surprise anyone. Rickey believes that as a […]
The Reverend Luther Barnes comes from a notable gospel background. His father, Bishop F.C. Barnes, wrote and scored a hit with the gospel standard “Rough Side Of The Mountain.” Raised in the church from a young age, Rev. Barnes felt called to music ministry and embarked on a hit-making career as lead singer, producer, songwriter […]
We open our hymnals to Hymn 379, and we begin to sing. “God is Love, let heav’n adore him / God is Love, let earth rejoice …” Lifting voices together in praise can be a transcendent experience, unifying a congregation in a way that is somehow both fervent and soothing. But is there actually a […]
Season 1 of “Fix My Choir” continued last week on Oxygen. What choir did Deitrick Haddon & Michelle Williams fix in Episode 5 of their new reality series? Well, peep the footage below to find out… source: The Gospel Guru.com
Season 1 of “Fix My Choir” continued last week on Oxygen. What choir did Deitrick Haddon & Michelle Williams fix in Episode 4 of their new reality series? Well, peep the footage below to find out… source: TheGospelGuru.com
James Merritt spent years as senior pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch that featured a mighty choir. Then he changed his tune. At 50, he left First Baptist Church Snellville to plant a new church — 200 people in a rented space at a high school 12 miles away — focused on reaching a young […]
There’s always one church member that says “God told me to step out on faith!” Bishop Secular says that member at the VIP is Agatha Morgan. Listen…
Singer, songwriter and producer Donald Lawrence has hosted Verizon’s “How Sweet the Sound” for fives years. The Gospel choir competition, which expanded from just church choirs to community and college choirs this year, is gearing up for its big finale on at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Lawrence believes that the continued success of “How […]
Donald Lawrence knows how to bring choirs to another level, and during his interview on “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show,” he talks about their importance.…
The American Heart Association has joined with GMC, formerly the Gospel Music Channel and Music World Gospel to educate people about stroke through an online gospel singing competition. Most Powerful Voices, held now thru February 14, is engaging independent artists and choirs to compete on behalf of the American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke […]
The American Heart Association has joined with GMC, formerly the Gospel Music Channel and Music World Gospel to educate people about stroke through an online gospel singing competition. Most Powerful Voices, held now thru February 14, is engaging independent artists and choirs to compete on behalf of the American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke […]
As I look around at church and community choirs, it seems like the art of gospel choir directing has gotten lost. I know first hand that the job of a choir director is not and easy one. I have learned that in order to be a great choir director a person needs to be skilled […]
