Contact: Paula Talayco
Phone: (212) 665-4405
ptalayco@melodiousaccord.org
www.melodiousaccord.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8 AM EDT, Arpil 2, 2005

SPIRITUALS IN NEW YORK
SING
with
ALICE PARKER
PAMELA WARRICK-SMITH and
THE JERRIESE JOHNSON EAST VILLAGE GOSPEL CHOIR

To honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 18, 2004
3:30 p.m.
Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th St.
New York, NY

The MELODIOUS ACCORD 2004 Festival of Spirituals in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be a SING led by Alice Parker and Pamela Warrick-Smith and will also include numbers by The Jerriese Johnson East Village Gospel Choir.

Alice Parker, legendary composer, arranger, conductor and teacher of choral music, has championed the singing of spirituals by Americans of all ethnic backgrounds for nearly five decades, and regards spirituals as "among the world's great and noble melodies. Pamela Warrick-Smith, acclaimed contralto, has been featured on three recordings of spirituals with The Musicians of Melodious Accord: Take Me to the Water, King and the Duke, and the soon to be released Listen, Lord. Under the direction of Freeman Palmer, the Jerriese Johnson East Village Gospel Choir is known for its joyful and vibrant musical contributions to the ministry of Middle Collegiate Church.

If you like to sing, come and sing. If you like to listen to great music and words, come and listen. If you wish to worship, come and worship. If you wish to join with others to affirm our common humanity, come. Bring your family, friends and neighbors old and young to this most participatory event.

Admission $10; $5 for students and seniors; children under 12 free. For more information call 212-665-4405