The Harmony Singers of Pittsburgh will join with six other choirs from around the country to perform Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass under the direction of Kevin McBeth from the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 13, 2011 at 2 PM.  The program will feature other selections by Mack Wilberg: “Bound for the Promised Land”, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”, and “The First Nowell”. Guest conductors for the concert are Andy Waggoner and Kevin Bogan. The New England Symphonic Ensemble will accompany the performance.  The other choirs include OSCD-Grossmont College Gospel Choir, El Cajon, CA, ESCU Concert Chorale, Willimantic, CT, UM Church of the Resurrection Choir, Overland, KS, Manchester United Methodist Chancel Choir, MO, and the Collinsville Chorale, St. Louis, MO.  This is the second time that the Harmony Singers have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall.

The Harmony Singers of Pittsburgh, under the direction of Cynthia Pratt, is a volunteer choir from the South Hills. They are celebrating their 46^th season of singing and dancing. Their annual holiday show will take place on December 9 at 7:30 PM at the Brightwood Christian Church, 5044 West Library Avenue, Bethel Park.