Community-wide Hymn Sing

Community-wide Hymn Sing

Coming soon.

NEWjr & VOI Perform at the White House

The White House has marked Black History Month with a month-long series of musical
events highlighting music from the Civil Rights Era. The celebration was kicked-off with
a PBS special, In Performance at the White House, which has aired throughout
the month.  http://pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse

To close this celebration, Nolan Williams and the Voices of Inspiration will be featured in
concert at the White House on Saturday, February 27, 2010.

2010 MLK CELEBRATION: LET FREEDOM RING

PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images

President Barack Obama lead the nation in remembering the legacy of MLK by attending the annual Let Freedom Ring Celebration, sponsored by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Georgetown University. 

This year's celebration featured Grammy-award-winning recording artist INDIA.ARIE along with the Let Freedom Ring Celebration Choir. NEWjr returned for a seventh year as Music Director, premiering two new compositions commissioned by Georgetown University: a new setting of a rare spiritual, I'm Going to Do All I Can, adapted from an early score published by John Work in 1915, and a pop ballad, I am the Dream, with lyrics appropriately adapted from the speeches of Martin King and President Obama.

The program also included a presentation of the 2010 Legacy of a Dream Award to Dekembe Mtumbo for his humanitarianism and philanthropy.

Christmas at the National Theatre

NEWjr & VOI Perform Benefit Concerts Raising $4000 in Support of
Bread For the City

NEWjr is pictured here presenting ceremonial check from NEWorks Productions
to Kirsten Valentine, Director of Development, Bread for the City.

For a second year, NEWjr & the Voices of Inspiration (VOI) were invited to perform
two Christmas concerts at the National Theatre.  Their December 14th performances
drew a diverse audience and raised $4000 in support of the Washington, D.C.-based
charity, Bread for the City.

Founded in 1974, Bread for the City is a frontline agency serving Washington's poor
with food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services.  For more info, visit
www.breadforthecity.org.

Chris Rock's GOOD HAIR

NEWorks Partners with Different Drummer to Coordinate Grassroots Marketing
Effort for Chris Rock's New Documentary

http://differentdrummer.com/