November 8, 2024
Joyful Noise! Gospel Celebration Presented by WSRE PBS
Joyful Noise Gospel Celebration is a three-day music event, highlighted by the award-winning New York gospel choir Sing Harlem, a regional gospel competition, a Sunday gospel brunch, and a gospel workshop for K–8 students at Dixon School of Arts & Sciences.
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Inspired by the PBS documentary series GOSPEL from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Joyful Noise! Gospel Celebration is a three-day music event, highlighted by the award-winning New York gospel choir Sing Harlem, a regional gospel competition, a Sunday gospel brunch, and a gospel workshop for K–8 students at Dixon School of Arts & Sciences. Presented by WSRE PBS, a service of Pensacola State College.
Joyful Noise! Gospel Workshop
- 4pm–5pm Friday, Nov 8
- Dixon School of Arts & Sciences
- 1201 N. H St.
- Pensacola, FL 32501
- Free school event
- No pets
Vy Higginsen is founder of the Mama! Foundation for the Arts and the award-winning Sing Harlem choir, led by Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson. As part of the WSRE PBS Joyful Noise! Gospel Celebration, the mother-and-daughter duo will conduct a music education workshop for students at Dixon School of Arts & Sciences and for other local youth referred by community agencies. The foundation’s In-School Music Education Program teaches the profound cultural value of Black music and focuses on inspiration and growth in the lives of young people.
Joyful Noise! Gospel Competition
- 12pm–5pm Saturday, Nov 9
- Pensacola High School Auditorium
- 500 W. Maxwell St.
- Pensacola, FL 32501
- Free event
- No pets
Gospel choirs from the region are invited to submit video auditions for a live competition at Pensacola High School on November 9. The video submissions are due to WSRE PBS by August 30. Following committee review and selection, the top ten choirs will be notified and can begin rehearsals for the Joyful Noise! Gospel Competition—a free event, open to the public, which will also feature performances by New York’s award-winning Sing Harlem choir and a short film screening of GOSPEL—the PBS docuseries from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Joyful Noise! Gospel Brunch
- 12pm–2pm Sunday, Nov 10
- Lily Hall
- 415 N. Alcaniz St.
- Pensacola, FL 32501
- Tickets: $125
- Ticket sales begin Sept. 10 at wsre.org/joyfulnoise.
- No pets
Straight from the No. 1 gospel brunch in New York City, Sing Harlem will perform for a special champagne brunch in Downtown Pensacola. The menu will be curated by Brother Fox Executive Chef Darian Hernandez and served, church social style, on the grounds at Lily Hall. The boutique hotel’s landmark structure was built in 1928 for the Mount Olive Baptist Church congregation. The Sing Harlem choir collective has performed for Sunday brunch at Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem for the past 13 years. Wear your Sunday best!
Upcoming Dates
- Saturday, November 9
- Sunday, November 10
