SF State Gospel Choir and SF State Orchestra
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 5:00 pm
SF State’s Gospel Choir and Orchestra team up for a concert featuring the West Coast premiere of Kenton Coe’s Purcellular for Jazz Trio and Orchestra and guest appearances by gospel stars Kierra Sheard and Lawrence Matthews.
Location:
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco (Herbst Theatre)
Directions:
Sponsor:
School of Music and Dance
Contact:
City Box Office
E-mail:
Phone:
415-392-4400
Event extras:
Coe will be in attendance for the West Coast premiere of his new work, commissioned by the City of London-Westminster for the Purcell Tercentenary.
The SF State Orchestra will also perform Wagner (1813 – 1883): Siegfried Idyll (1870).
The SF State Gospel Choir will perform with Grammy and Stellar awards nominee Kierra "Kiki" Sheard and Stellar winner Lawrence Matthews, and will be backed by the Orchestra.
Founded by student Ja Ronn Thompson in 2004, the SF State Gospel Choir performs to packed crowds on campus as well as at Bay Area churches and conferences. The choir has also performed with Stellar Award nominee Malcolm Williams, the SF State Orchestra, San Jose State Gospel Choir and CSU East Bay Gospel Choir.
Directors
- SF State Orchestra: Cyrus Ginwala
- SF State Gospel Choir: Ja Ronn Thompson