Past Concerts

The choir has performed annually since 1996 at NEC's Thomas A Dorsey Gospel Jubilee. Additionally, the chorus has been engaged to sing at the Boston City Hall Gospel Fest (2006), at Boston’s Trinity Church, the United House of Prayer For All people, the mayor's office for cultural affairs. arts in the Park, the St. John's (Beverly Farms) concert series, the company theatre (Norwell), Massachusetts Council of Churches, Bridging Worlds Festival of the Arts, Boston University, University of the West Indies, William Knibb Baptist Church (Jamaica), and in many other venues through out greater Boston.  

History

NEC Community Gospel Chorus Community Collaborations has successfully tapped into a tremendous interest at NEC (among students and staff) in having a first-rate Gospel ensemble, which is now also a School of Continuing education ensemble and performs in a variety of venues well beyond the traditional church setting. 

As an auditioned course/ensemble , the Gospel Chorus offers its members a unique opportunity to study basic musicianship and a precursory history of Gospel music, as well as to learn and  a precursory history of Gospel music, as well as to learn and perform a wide range of this music -- rooted in a traditional  African-America, southern-based aesthetic -- which has evolved into urban-based contemporary repertoire.

The group was formed in 1993 and follows a traditional African- American southern-based aesthetic, as well as an evolved urban-based contemporary repertoire. The chorus’s entire musical stance is rooted in Gospel as a grand celebration of the human spirit, rather than as simply artistic performance or entertainment. The choir is unique because it is comprised of NEC students as well as people from the greater Boston area. Under the direction of Hobert Yates and now under the direction of the original founder Donnell Patterson , the chorus has performed annually since 1996 at NEC’s Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Jubilee. Additionally, the chorus has been engaged to sing at Trinity Church, the United House of Prayer For All People, the Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs, Arts in the Park, the St. John’s 17 (Beverly Farms) concert series, the Company Theatre (Norwell), Mass. Council of Churches, Bridging Worlds Festival of the Arts, Boston University, University of the West Indies, William Knibb Baptist Church (Jamaica), and in many other venues throughout greater Boston.