
901 G St. NW, Photo courtesy of DC Library
From an email:
WHO: Morehouse College Glee Club and Quartet
WHAT: Performs a free noon concert.
WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
Great Hall 901 G St. NWWHEN: Fri., March 16., 12:00pm
The Morehouse College Glee Club continues its tradition of musical excellence. The Glee Club has shared the stage with opera great Jessye Norman, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Trisha Yearwood, the Christian vocal jazz group Take 6, and soprano Indra Thomas. They have performed have performed at such events as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Super Bowl XXVII, a concert of excerpts from “Porgy and Bess” with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and a premiere of the work “Of Dreams and Other Possibilities” written by Patrice Rushen. The Library performance will include spirituals, gospel and Yuroba selections.