<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b>SUNY Plattsburgh Gospel Choir and Lake
Champlain Mass Choir proudly presents:</b></em><em><b><span style="font-style:normal"></span></b></em></p>
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2024</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">The <b>PLATTSBURGH STATE GOSPEL CHOIR, FERMATA NOWHERE</b>, as well as the <b>DALTON RASHAD CRISS ADIRONDACK HIGH SCHOOL
HONORS GOSPEL FESTIVAL CHOIR</b> will take the main stage on <b>SATURDAY, APRIL 20th, from 6:00p.m.- 8:00p.m.</b>
at the historic Strand Center Theatre for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street
Plattsburgh, New York 12901. </span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">The concert features more than
50 High School students from across the Adirondacks and Vermont Champlain Valley
region who will come together for two days to learn and perform a concert of
choral-concert gospel music. The <b>DRC-ADR/HSHGF</b> choir will perform 10
compositions/orchestral arrangements all supported by a professional Adirondack
Chamber Orchestra under the artistic leadership of <b>Jennifer Moore</b> of the Willsboro Central School district. The
concert will feature A Cappella, Concert Spirituals, Contemporary Gospel,
Traditional Gospel and Inspirational Ballads. </span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">The
vision of the Dalton Rashad Criss Adirondack High School Honors Gospel Festival
is to expose regional talented high school students to the harmonies and
artistry of Gospel Music. This event allows students to explore their own
personal unique artistic experiences and gives license to celebrate with others
through movement, harmonies and the musicianship of gospel music. The 2019
Inaugural Adirondack High School Honors Gospel Festival was a huge success with
some six regional schools and at least 50 high school students participating
either as musicians or chorus members</span></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">. Dalton Rashad Criss</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">, a Peru Central
School student and festival favorite, played the upright bass in the 2019
festival. He passed away, unexpectedly, a few months later and thus the
festival committee decided to name future festivals in his honor.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Through
years of doing high school Jazz Festivals and “Freedom Music Workshops” in the
region, there is an excitement by music teachers to expose students to gospel
music within their academic programs. The rarity of artistic presentations of
gospel music in the Adirondacks (classrooms, choral clinics, etc.) is
understood by organizations like ours.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">This
festival will bring together an SATB voice choir, a chamber orchestra composed
of high school musicians, students and local professionals. Various gospel
styles such as concert spirituals, traditional gospel and contemporary gospel
will be presented. In addition to singing, the festival participants will
incorporate body movements to enhance various pieces. Additionally, it is hoped
that after this weekend, the participants will gain a better understanding of
the gospel genre and begin to respect this truly Americana music style.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Gospel
music was born out of slavery from both African and European esthetics. The
joy, sorrows and hopes of a nation of people can be heard in these songs. The
slave experience, albeit harsh, can be paralleled to a broader audience, like
people of the Adirondack region. A memorial of that time is captured at the
North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association Museum. Life in the
Adirondack is tough with long winters and short days. These songs have proven
to melt away many sorrows to a host of people and inspire hope and positive
thinking. This event will engage students in the 2-day event by exposing,
teaching and giving them the opportunity to immediately apply learnt music in
the culmination concert festival.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Participants
will learn about the history, evolution and impact of gospel music on the human
experience. Students will be taught the colors and blends of gospel music and
its musical expressions using elements of phrasing, timber, dynamics, emotions,
tempo and instrumentation.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Dr. Raymond Wise</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"> of Indiana University in Bloomington is the
invited clinician for the festival. Dr.
Wise serves as Professor of Practice in the African American African Diaspora
Studies department and instructs courses in African American Music. He is the
associate director of the African American Arts Institute, an IU division
devoted to the perpetuation and performance of African American Music and Art.
Wise conducts the African American Choral Ensemble. He has also served on the
faculties of The Ohio State University, Denison University, and Trinity
Lutheran Seminary. Dr. Wise’s work has
taken him as far as Europe (Ireland, Czech Republic), Africa, Asia and hundreds
of places nationwide, such as the Ithaca High School Gospel Festival and Carnegie
Hall. Many consider Wise the “Moses
Hogan” of our time. Additionally, Dr. Wise went on to Denison University
(Granville, Ohio), where he reorganized the Black Student Union Choir, started
the Black Student Union Ensemble and Dance Company, and earned a B.F.A. in
Music. From there, Wise went on to study Opera, Art, and German at the
Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria, then on to study African
American History, Music, and Dance at San Francisco State University in San
Francisco, California. Wise completed an apprenticeship in the business and
recording of Gospel Music with the Walter Hawkins Corporation in Oakland,
California. Wise was awarded a Graduate Fellowship from The Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio, where he earned a Master’s in Music Education and
Ohio Teacher’s Certification. Wise also completed a Doctorate in Music
Education at the Ohio State University. Dr. Wise’s dissertation topic was “Defining
African American Gospel Music by Tracing it’s Historical and Musical Development
from 1900 to 2000.” </span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">The</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"> <b>eight high schools</b> that are
participating are Bouquet, Middlebury (VT), Montpelier (VT), Moriah, Peru, Saranac
Lake, Seton Catholic, as Willsboro, well as Ithaca College High School Gospel
Choir Festival Alumni and members of the Montreal Steppers. The program
host will be <b>Dr. Dexter L. Criss</b>, Professor of Chemistry at SUNY
Plattsburgh’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Artistic Director
of the Plattsburgh State Gospel at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Department of Music.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">There is still time for local/region
high school choral singers, schools and Ithaca College High School Gospel Choir
Festival Alumni to register and participate in the 2-day clinic and concert.
Please contact Jennifer Moore (<a href="mailto:jmoore@willsborocsd.org" target="_blank">jmoore@willsborocsd.org</a>) no later than <b>April
10th</b> if interested. This unique festival promises to provide both students
and high school chorus teachers with the history, evolution and impact of
gospel music on the human experience.
Students will take away from this clinic an enhanced level of
sophistication about gospel music styles and will be taught the colors and
blends of gospel music and its musical expressions using elements of phrasing,
timber, dynamics, emotions, tempo and instrumentation. </span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Dexter Criss: Co-Founder of
the Adirondack High School Honors Choir, Artistic Director of the SUNY
Plattsburgh Gospel Choir, Director of the Lake Champlain Mass Choir. In
addition to co-coordinating the event, Dexter will work with the gospel band. <b>Andrea Ogle</b>: Co-Founder of the Adirondack
High School Honors Choir, Associate Artistic Director of the SUNY Plattsburgh
Gospel Choir, Associate Director of the Lake Champlain Mass Choir. In addition
to co-coordinating the event, Andrea will work with the choirs during
sectionals. Jennifer Moore: Co-Founder
of the Adirondack High School Honors Choir, Choral Director of Willsboro
Central School. Choral Director of Champlain Valley Voices. In addition to
co-coordinating the event, Jennifer will work with the orchestra</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">This event is open to the public
and is co-sponsored in part by the Lake Champlain Mass Choir with additional
support from SUNY Plattsburgh Department
of Music, Office of the President SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office
of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Mayor’s Office City of Plattsburgh, SUNY
Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the SUNY
Plattsburgh Student Association. To learn more, contact the Plattsburgh
State Gospel Choir Office at 518-564-2704 or <a href="mailto:gospelchoir@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">gospelchoir@plattsburgh.edu</a>, or
visit the website at <a href="http://www.plattsburghstategospelchoir.org" target="_blank">www.plattsburghstategospelchoir.org</a> or find us
on Facebook.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">ADVANCED
ONLINE TICKETS: </span></b></em><a href="http://www.plattsburghstategospelchoir.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">www.plattsburghstategospelchoir.org</span></b></a><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Advance
Online Tickets: General $22, Students $10<br>
Door Tickets: General $27, Students $12</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Group
Rate Discounts Available</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-style:normal"></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Advanced Tickets can also be purchased at The
Christian Supply Center (164 Prospect Ave., Plattsburgh, NY) and the
Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir Office (Hawkins Hall 133).</span></em></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lv2i0oyn1" alt="MUS2024SP_GospelStrandSUN.png" width="510" height="383"><br></div><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#9900ff"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px">JENNIFER MATOTT</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Administrative Assistant 1</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Music and Theatre</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Myers 220</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">(o) </span><a href="tel:+1-518-564-2180" title="Office Phone Number" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;display:inline" target="_blank">518-564-2180</a></div><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" title="State University of New York at Plattsburgh Link" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></div><br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><img width="200" height="81" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4ytN4VGcZfH13Dlj_kpAH7ORRONIPSb-6O6mjOIEq8AR1VxJzQLKqYBGjG1CGS6ILl6CH8O9NA"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#9900ff"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>