Nova Scotia Mass Choir

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The Nova Scotia Mass Choir is a Canadian choral ensemble based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1] The choir performs mainly black gospel music, and focuses on spreading the message of racial harmony.

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History

The Nova Scotia Mass Choir was founded in 1992. In 1993 they performed in Washington, D.C., at a concert in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. [2]

In 1995 the choir performed with Oliver Jones in Halifax. [3] That year they released an album on the Jongleur label. [4]

By 1998 the choir had 63 members. [5]

The Nova Scotia Mass Choir has performed locally, nationally and internationally, and has won two East Coast Music Awards. [6] The choir reaches audiences that would not normally be exposed to the genre of black gospel music, and showcases the cultural contributions of African Nova Scotians. [7]

The choir's repertoire features compositions by well-known local composers and musical directors as well as choir members themselves. [8] The group also performs arrangements of traditional gospel and folk music. [9]

Several times a year, the Mass Choir gives benefit concerts in support of racial harmony and to assist various charitable causes, and performs an annual concert to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sparkle, dresses, jeans and smiles adorn ECMA red carpet", Chronicle Herald,By ANDREA NEMETZ March 11, 2013
  2. ↑ "Past, present, future combine as Nova Scotia Mass Choir kicks off 25th year" Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine . Local Xpress, Jan 13, 2017 by: Andrea Nemetz
  3. ↑ Marthe Sansregret (1 January 2006). Oliver Jones. Dundurn. pp. 263, 346. ISBN   978-1-77070-666-8.
  4. ↑ Larry LeBlanc (6 April 1996). "Jazz Singer Jeri Brown off to 'Fresh Start'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 80–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ Larry LeBlanc (6 June 1998). "Maritimers Show African Edge". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 70–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. 1 2 "Choir leader helps keep King’s dream alive at tribute", Chronicle Herald, By ANDREA NEMETZ January 17, 2013
  7. ↑ Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: Aardvark-Catholic. Oxford University Press. p. 727. ISBN   978-0-19-522325-5.
  8. ↑ Suzanne Pasternak (15 May 2017). The Story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and the Boston Tree. FriesenPress. pp. 19–. ISBN   978-1-5255-0182-1.
  9. ↑ Merna Forster (7 September 2011). 100 More Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces. Dundurn. pp. 108–. ISBN   978-1-4597-0086-4.
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