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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/gospel-meets-symphony-rocks-the-rafte
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SUMMARY:"Gospel Meets Symphony" Rocks the Rafters Again at EJ Thomas Hall
DESCRIPTION:\nSat 2/7 @ 7:30PM\nOne of the Akron symphony’s most beloved 
 concerts is its annual community-facing “Gospel Meets Symphony\,” when
  the orchestra is joined by a 150-voice gospel choir\, dubbed the “Gospe
 l Meets Symphony Choir.” The members of that chorus are recruited from 7
 5 churches across the area\, so you know they are well grounded in the spi
 rit.\n\nThis year is the concert’s 33rd and those voices will be ready t
 o let go and rock the rafters of E.J. Thomas Hall this Saturday. With Akro
 n Symphony music director Christopher Wilkins on the podium and choirmaste
 r Jonathon Turner directing the singers\, and a full rhythm section\, feat
 uring pianist Theron Brown\, organist Joseph Townsend\, drummer Dinareo Hi
 ll and bassist/band leader William “Bubba” Watkins amplifying the orch
 estra\, the ensemble will be performing both gospel and classical pieces.\
 n\nOnly a small sampling: the “Lacrimosa” from Mozart’s Requiem\; se
 lections from Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird\; Moses Hogan’s “Didn
 ’t My Lord Deliver”\; Walter Hawkins’ “Be Grateful”\; and a spec
 ial performance of “Total Praise” by the recently passed Richard Small
 wood\, founder of the Richard Smallwood Singers gospel ensemble. Vocal sol
 oists include Amy Carson\, Claudine Robinson\, Russell Davis II\, Ida Ashf
 ord\, Ronald Ixaac Hubbard\, Jaron LeGrair\, Crystal Idley and Chicago’s
  Lady Donishisa Ballard on Robert Ray’s “Never Failed Me Yet.”\n\nGe
 t tickets here for this roof-raising performance and don’t expect to sit
  still.\n\n[mappress mapid="858"]
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