In the end, the choir’s music prevailed over any language barrier. The cavalcade of different voices kept the mostly full ...
*“This too will past,” said Shimmy Jiyane, director of the Soweto Gospel Choir, about the meaning of the title to their newest album release “Hope” on Shanachie Entertainment. “It’s to give people ...
Dancing and singing contribute to the soul of South Africa. And in South Africa, few other performance groups can compete with this gospel bunch. The Soweto Gospel Choir has earned five Grammy ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Music has been many things for Mary Mulovhedzi and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
Getting together to experience music can feel transcendent, whether you're raising your voice in song at your place of worship or you're dancing all night long at the club. With History of House, a ...
As far back as he can remember, Shimmy Jiyane has wanted to dance. And he does just that as choreographer, choir master, tenor, dancer and founding member of the Soweto Gospel Choir, which will ...
Prayer combined with protest, holiness mixed with justified hostility — these are the hallmarks of the Soweto Gospel Choir’s repertoire. It’s a mixture of feelings the group has imbibed from birth in ...
Out of the darkness comes a new dawn. In a concert of hope commemorating and remembering the freedom movements in South Africa and the United States, the three-time Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir ...
Grammy Award-winning African-American ensemble Soweto Gospel Choir are packing their bags for a marathon four-month stint down under, announcing a monumental 69-date Australian tour that will see them ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A three-time Grammy Award-winning gospel choir is performing at the Wilson Center this September. The South African worship group Soweto Gospel Choir is a 20-member ensemble ...