We Loved the Spirituals and Gospel Music!
 

On Sunday, May 4 the service was devoted almost entirely to music – African American spirituals, such as Give Me Jesus, sung a cappella by the Meeting House Choir and guests.  And songs from the Black gospel tradition – rhythmic works that had members of the congregation clapping with the choir.
 

"You have to have Kevin Calloway at the keyboard to carry off this kind of program," says Tracy Shirk, FCC music director, "He improvises, as is customary in gospel music."

Normally working with classical music, Calloway is a conductor, composer and vocalist as well as pianist and organist.  He's with the Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
 

Solos by Calloway and Shirk enhanced the service, as did choral works and performances by Mark Jackson and Erika Dotson, two of the students from the choir of Lone Star College North Harris who sang with FCC's Meeting House Choir.

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