a cappella

Award winning choir host Black Voices

Authored by krufolo
Posted: Mon, 11/03/2014 - 3:42pm

St Thomas Gospel Choir have won a national award for "Contribution to the UK Gospel Music Industry" in the choir catagory of the PraiseTek Gospel Music Awards 2014. Each year, these awards acknowledge the work of various singers, musicians, choirs, rappers, bands and media personnel working in the UK gospel music scene.

Choir director, Kathy Rufolo and her fiance, Dale Hurrell, who sings bass in the group, went to London to receive the award on behalf of the choir with nearly 50 members.

St Thomas Gospel Choir was established in 2006 and has grown steadily over...

Black Voices in Concert

Event Date: 
15/11/2014 - 7:30pm to 9:45pm
Venue: 
St Thomas Methodist Church, Cowick Street, Exeter

The UK's Leading Female A cappella Quintet. Consistently honed over the last two decades, their music transcends age, race, gender or religious persuasion. Black Voices has an extensive repertoire of traditional songs from Africa, jazz, gospel, pop, Motown, Caribbean and English folk. Black Voices' describe their repertoire as 'a carefully woven tapestry covering a broad spectrum of musical styles' and they continually add new threads of colour to their rich fabric of oral music.

The Lost Sound -IN CONCERT

Event Date: 
25/01/2014 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
The Mint Methodist Church Exeter EX4 3AT

The Lost Sound are an a cappella, mixed voice chorus and are excited to be playing their first full concert at The Mint on Jan 25th @ 7:30pm. They have sung at the Night of 1000 voices in 2012 and 2013 to rave reviews. They have had full houses at The Flavel Arts Centre as part of the Dart Music festival last summer and helped raise money for many charities and causes through the last few years. Expect a choir with a firm foothold in the folk tradition - with beautiful ancient melodies re worked with contemporary flair and finesse by some of our leading arrangers and composers. Their...

Black Voices In Concert

Event Date: 
08/06/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
St Thomas Methodist Church, Cowick Street, EX4 1JE

Black Voices, a Birmingham-based performance ensemble renowned for its rich, powerful harmonies and stunning arrangements, are coming to Exeter on Saturday 8 June to do a concert and public workshop supported by St Thomas Gospel Choir.

Black Voices was founded and is led by its musical director Carol Pemberton. Since 1987, she has steered Black Voices in becoming a unique performance ensemble, focused on promoting singing the black oral tradition (SBOT).

The group, inspired by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Take Six, has forged its own dynamic way of distilling and re-...