Sunday, January 09, 2005

Fabulous gospel concert at St. Jacobi in Brooklyn

My wife wanted to go to a gospel concert for a long time. When she saw an ad in the local newspaper we had a date on Sunday at 4 PM in the Saint Jacobi Evangelical Lutheran Church (5406 Fourth Avenue Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York). 

Performing was the Central Baptist Gospel Choir. About twenty people of diverse background, Spanish, Chinese, Afro-American, Caucasian, and unbelievable volume and timbre filled the beautiful and acoustically well designed church with rhythm and emotion. They had just returned from a number of concerts in Tokyo, Japan. Too bad there were few people, only about 25 in the audience, who could enjoy this performance.

Reverend Mary Chang started organizing music recitals after 9/11 to bring the community of largely Spanish and Chinese people together. The concert was free and Mary organizes one concert every month. Keep an eye at her calendar and go if you can!