News Release

 

5th November

 

FEED THE CHILDREN’S CONCERT OF SACRED GOSPEL AND CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Stake Choir

Lovers of faith based and gospel music can indulge in a beautiful evening of wonderful songs in a special performance at St. Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham on Saturday November 22nd 2008. The evening is in aid of children’s charity Feed The Children UK

 

American Soprano Leah Ward will be singing Gounod’s powerful aria ‘O Divine Redeemer’, and the well-loved classic’ Amazing Grace’ plus other fantastic songs.

 

Contralto Joy Cartwright will be singing award winning contemporary gospel music, ‘I Glory in my Jesus’ by Sally Deford and ‘Greater Miracles’ by Pearl Award winning Christian American composer Hilary Weeks.

The Academy of Gospel Music with their director Clyde Forde will be singing gospel favourites and director Rob Carvelho will be guiding a brand new gospel choir from Handsworth Wood Girls’ School.

 

The biggest choir performing at the concert, singing traditional church hymns and anthems, will be the Birmingham and Lichfield LDS Stake Choirs, who are combining forces to sing old favourites such as ‘I walked today where Jesus walked’, ‘I know that my Redeemer lives’, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ and some more contemporary hymns that have not been performed before.

To get your tickets, priced £6.50 concessions £5.50 ring 07984 631947 or 0118 932 0095 now.

 

As this is a charity concert all performers are donating their time and performances free of charge to Feed The Children so that the maximum amount can be raised to help the charity with its work in the developing world.

 

Feed The Children works worldwide, as well as within the UK, to develop sustainable communities and provide food and other necessities for those in great need.  The charity concentrates aid on children suffering the affects of poverty, especially those orphaned or abandoned. The charity believes that wherever there is famine, conflict, disease or poverty, it is always the children who are most vulnerable.

 

Feed The Children UK began in 1989 and over the years the charity has helped millions of children and their families both at home and abroad. The charity relies on gifts from generous companies, individuals and organisations to donate the goods and financial assistance needed in order to support the various humanitarian and relief projects.