Performance art has played an important role in narrating the African American story. The Negro spirituals sung by enslaved Africans laid the foundation for today’s gospel, blues, jazz, and rap music. All these musical forms provide artists a chance to express the Black experience.

Join us for this spirit-lifting gospel concert by students, alumni, and community members from Howard University, who perform Christ-centered music as a means of healing and empowering communities. As the first college choir of its kind in the world, the Howard Gospel Choir blazed a trail now filled with gospel music ministries on collegiate campuses across the globe.

The event is brought to you in partnership with the Music Hall, Portsmouth