First the bad news:
We tried to re-schedule the NOBC's Christmas concert, but due to weather problems
and schedule conflicts, it just wasn't possible.
Now the good news!:
You can see the New Orleans Black Chorale perform at the annual Black History Concert on
February 28, 2010. Mark your calendar!!!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Concert Cancelled due to storm!
We're sorry we had to cancel the concert on Saturday, but with the street flooding
all over the city (and beyond!) it simply was not safe to be out!
Stay tuned for our new concert date - Soon!!!
And thank you for supporting the New Orleans Black Chorale!!!
all over the city (and beyond!) it simply was not safe to be out!
Stay tuned for our new concert date - Soon!!!
And thank you for supporting the New Orleans Black Chorale!!!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Local composer's work featured @ Dec 12 concert
The NOBC will perform a work by Local composer Jalonda Robertson at the Dec 12 Christmas Concert.
Robertson's "A Savior is Born" is just one of the works the New Orleans Black Chorale will perform at the Sat. Dec. 12 concert at 7pm.
Ms. Robertson, a 1981 graduate of Xavier University, has published several compositions and is noted for her work in the New Orleans gospel and church venues and in the New Orleans schools.
A musician, arranger and composer, Ms. Robertson has recently become a nationally published composer for World Library Publications.
Jalonda has directed choirs at both St. Augustine and St. Leo the Great Catholic Churches in New Orleans, and has served as Director of Music Ministries at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church for the past 27 years. She is a musician for the Archdiocese of New Orleans Mass Gospel Choir and has been a music resource person for the Unity Explosion Conference, James P. Lyke Liturgical Conference, Johannes Hofinger Catechetical Conference, and the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
Her work is featured on the albulm "Good Ground" a rich collection of gospel music rooted in the worship experience of BlackCatholics.
Robertson's "A Savior is Born" is just one of the works the New Orleans Black Chorale will perform at the Sat. Dec. 12 concert at 7pm.
Ms. Robertson, a 1981 graduate of Xavier University, has published several compositions and is noted for her work in the New Orleans gospel and church venues and in the New Orleans schools.
A musician, arranger and composer, Ms. Robertson has recently become a nationally published composer for World Library Publications.
Jalonda has directed choirs at both St. Augustine and St. Leo the Great Catholic Churches in New Orleans, and has served as Director of Music Ministries at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church for the past 27 years. She is a musician for the Archdiocese of New Orleans Mass Gospel Choir and has been a music resource person for the Unity Explosion Conference, James P. Lyke Liturgical Conference, Johannes Hofinger Catechetical Conference, and the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
Her work is featured on the albulm "Good Ground" a rich collection of gospel music rooted in the worship experience of BlackCatholics.
Monday, November 30, 2009
The NOBC TP Article after Katrina...
It's an older article, but in case you didn't see it!!!....
From the Times Picayune
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-5/119147922271700.xml&coll=1
N.O. Black Chorale's renewal a high note
Group ready for first post-Katrina concert
Thursday, October 04, 2007
By Valerie Faciane
Staff writer
John Ware waved his arms in the air in a conductor-like motion as he strutted from one side of the classroom to the other, carefully listening to the 22 voices that belted out "la-la-la-la-la" and the like.
It was the first time that the New Orleans Black Chorale practiced as a group since before Hurricane Katrina, and Ware, their conductor, was glad to have the members back. The chorale performs the music of African-American composers and is especially dedicated to the performance and preservation of American Negro spirituals.
But a cloud hung over the rehearsal Sept. 11 at the Xavier University College of Music.
Before the storm, there were 35 members. Regulars who didn't show up to rehearse for the group's upcoming annual Christmas concert are either still displaced by the hurricane or aren't coming back to live in the area.
Ware, also the director of the Xavier University Concert Choir, said the chorale needs more African-American males to sing tenor and bass parts.
"That's where our challenge is," he said. "We are giving ourselves another month to recruit and work and try to pull the program together, so that it can be something we are proud of and the audience will enjoy. We don't want to do a disservice to the music or ourselves."
The singers, African-Americans from all walks of life, belt out spirituals like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "There is a Balm in Gilead" and "Still Away to Jesus," as well as contemporary music like "A Child is in the Dark, Lord," composed by Richard Harrison for the group's 25th anniversary in 2005, and "A Call to Jubilee," written and arranged by Ware.
Chorale President Gloria Love, assistant professor of education and mathematics/computer science at Dillard University, is determined to make the Christmas concert a reality. She has been contacting members since right after Katrina....
Dont Miss the 2009 Christmas concert with the Black Chorale
Sat. Dec. 12 7pm @ Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
FREE ! Bring the Family!!
From the Times Picayune
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-5/119147922271700.xml&coll=1
N.O. Black Chorale's renewal a high note
Group ready for first post-Katrina concert
Thursday, October 04, 2007
By Valerie Faciane
Staff writer
John Ware waved his arms in the air in a conductor-like motion as he strutted from one side of the classroom to the other, carefully listening to the 22 voices that belted out "la-la-la-la-la" and the like.
It was the first time that the New Orleans Black Chorale practiced as a group since before Hurricane Katrina, and Ware, their conductor, was glad to have the members back. The chorale performs the music of African-American composers and is especially dedicated to the performance and preservation of American Negro spirituals.
But a cloud hung over the rehearsal Sept. 11 at the Xavier University College of Music.
Before the storm, there were 35 members. Regulars who didn't show up to rehearse for the group's upcoming annual Christmas concert are either still displaced by the hurricane or aren't coming back to live in the area.
Ware, also the director of the Xavier University Concert Choir, said the chorale needs more African-American males to sing tenor and bass parts.
"That's where our challenge is," he said. "We are giving ourselves another month to recruit and work and try to pull the program together, so that it can be something we are proud of and the audience will enjoy. We don't want to do a disservice to the music or ourselves."
The singers, African-Americans from all walks of life, belt out spirituals like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "There is a Balm in Gilead" and "Still Away to Jesus," as well as contemporary music like "A Child is in the Dark, Lord," composed by Richard Harrison for the group's 25th anniversary in 2005, and "A Call to Jubilee," written and arranged by Ware.
Chorale President Gloria Love, assistant professor of education and mathematics/computer science at Dillard University, is determined to make the Christmas concert a reality. She has been contacting members since right after Katrina....
Dont Miss the 2009 Christmas concert with the Black Chorale
Sat. Dec. 12 7pm @ Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
FREE ! Bring the Family!!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Christmas is coming!
Christmas is coming and you know what you have to do to get in that Christmas spirit???
Come to the New Orleans Black Chorale's annual Christmas Concert!
Saturday December 12, 2009
7pm @
Trinity Episcopal Church
1339 Jackson Avenue
FREE!!
Bring the entire family for an evening of Christmas music - choral, spirituals and more!
Come to the New Orleans Black Chorale's annual Christmas Concert!
Saturday December 12, 2009
7pm @
Trinity Episcopal Church
1339 Jackson Avenue
FREE!!
Bring the entire family for an evening of Christmas music - choral, spirituals and more!
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