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Kent State Gospel Choir to Hold Spring Concert

Posted April 27, 2015
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The Kent State University Gospel Choir performs during
a concert. The choir will present its spring concert on
Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Auditorium
at Cartwright Hall.

The Kent State University Gospel Choir will present its spring concert, themed “There are No Strangers,” on May 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Auditorium at Cartwright Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

This semester, the Kent State Gospel Choir is composed of 25 talented individuals.

“They’ve worked extremely hard and are more than ready to put on a free concert that includes amazing solos from members of the choir and outside talent,” says Amir Burse, freshman biology major and student assistant for the Kent State Gospel Choir.

Burse says that the concert will be filled with songs that will send the crowd into a soulful sensation and later into a mood of swing and jazz.

“The theme of the concert, ‘There are No Strangers,’ will come into character once everyone in the audience is dancing and singing with others around them,” Burse says. “The stupendous Dr. Linda Walker has been directing the Kent State Gospel Choir since 1996. She comes with nothing but experience when it pertains to music. Somehow, she was able to find time in her busy schedule to participate in her church’s gospel choir and preform in numerous bands.”

Walker, a professor of music, joined Kent State’s School of Music in 1990.

“She has done an admirable job at working with various talents and turning every individual into one sound -- a sound that made the Kent State president tweet about the choir’s performance last year at its December concert,” Burse says.

The Kent State Gospel Choir will perform at the inauguration of Beverly Warren as the 12th president of Kent State.

“The Gospel Choir is not only locally loved, but loved internationally!” Burse says.

For more information about the Kent State Gospel Choir and its spring concert, call or text Burse at 216-409-0281.