featuring internationally known gospel music expert, composer, and conductor, dr. keith hampton
Voices West welcomes Dr. Keith Hampton, internationally known composer and arranger of spirituals and gospel music, for a two-day workshop on African-American choral music traditions. The workshop will culminate in an incredible and uplifting concert that will feature Voices West along with a massed choir of more than 200 voices singing spirituals and gospel music with a full rhythm section. Be prepared to clap your hands and stomp your feet!
Keith Hampton is the Artistic Director/Founder of the Chicago Community Chorus. Additionally, he is the Director of Choral Activities at Gary Comer College Prep, A Campus of Noble Street Charter School and the Director of Music Ministries and Organist at the Park Manor Christian Church, in Chicago, IL. Dr. Hampton is very active as a composer, conductor, organ soloist, and accompanist and is in constant demand as a workshop clinician. His compositions “True Light” and “Worthy To Be Praised” are among the most popular in the repertoire.
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