Colours of Gospel
| Colours of Gospel | |
|---|---|
 Colours of Gospel, 2003 | |
| Origin | Christuskirche, Mainz |
| Founding | 1998 |
| Genre | Gospel music |
| Members | 104 |
| Chief Conductor | Hans-Jörg Fiehl |
| Website |
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Colours of Gospel is a German mixed choir centered in Mainz, Germany. It was founded in 1998 as a students choir and was a mixed choir from the very beginning. Since this time it has been conducted by Hans-Jörg Fiehl, who founded two gospel choirs.
Repertoire
The choir sings mainly in concerts, but also in services as well. Besides popular works by Kirk Franklin („He Reigns“), Martha Munizzi („Glorious“) and Greg Kirkland („You Are Good“), widely known negro spirituals like Go Down Moses and gospels like Down by the Riverside are sung, in order to integrate the guests.
Concerts
Once a year the choir performs a gospel concert called “Mainzer Gospel Nacht”, regularly on the last Saturday of the liturgical year in the Western Christian churches. They sang among others with Edwin Hawkins, David Thomas, James E. Caldwell, and Onita Boone. Throughout the year there are several independent concerts performed in different places. The choir is performing on the Landesgartenschau Hessen,[1] as well as the Hessentag.[2]
Projects
Since 2008 the choir is performing biennial on the “Internationaler Gospelkirchentag” (international gospel church congress) celebrated at different towns of Germany. In 2012 two concerts were performed with the topic “Gospel meets Big band”. Since 2011 the choir is participating in the project “Gospel für eine gerechtere Welt” or shortly the gospelday.[3] Together with the Opstand Gospel Choir the first Gospelfestival of the EKHN in Mainz was created.[4]
Recordings
- 2009: Studio CD: All 4 You
- 2003: live recording of the celebration of the jubilee concert of 8 November 2003 in the Christuskirche, Mainz: Gospels, Spiritual and more
- 2000: Studio CD: People get ready there’s a train it’s coming
- 1998: Precious Light
References
- ↑ [http://www.lichtkirche.de/events_details.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=91&cHash=6fd472e28b477a9bb04ade3399c8731e Leidenschaftliches Evangelium mit dem Powerchor aus Mainz] (Passionate gospel with the power choir from Mainz)
- ↑ Die katholische Kirche präsentierte sich auf dem Hessentages 2007 (participation of the catholic church at the Hessentag 2007)
- ↑ gospelday 2013 at the Mainz Hauptbahnhof
- ↑ Gospel in Mainz