Houston Ebony Opera—News and Press Releases

Houston Ebony Opera Guild
Houston Ebony Music Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 300996 / Houston, Texas 77230-0996

www.houstonebonymusic.org

Release Date: May, 2008
Contact: Mary Guillory
713-591-6439

RELEASE #3

Houston Ebony Opera Guild Announces June 22 Concert

Celebrating Juneteenth
On the fourth Sunday in June, the Houston Ebony Opera Guild Chorus will perform its Annual Summer Concert: A Juneteenth Celebration at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Conducted by A. Jan Taylor, the program is entitled "African American Spirituals: The Tradition Renewed." Featured will be fresh and exciting arrangements by contemporary African American composers including Moses Hogan, Bobby McFerrin, Adolphus Hailstork, Robert Morris, Andre Thomas, Bobby McFerrin and Houston's own Lela Anderson.

What? When? Where? How?
The Houston Ebony Opera Guild Summer Concert of Spirituals in contemporary arrangements will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 22, 2008 in the sanctuary of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church at 3826 Wheeler at Scott. General admission tickets for adults are $10 in advance and $15 on concert day. Tickets for children and students of any age (with proper I.D.) are $5 at all times.

Tickets are available in advance from volunteers and also at the following locations:

Third World Imports (3011 Caroline Street). Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.
Telephone: 713-526-1980
Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore (5309 MLK Boulevard). Cash and checks only.
Telephone: 713-645-1071.

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
Volunteer support for this event is provided by the Summer Concert Steering Committee whose leadership includes:

     Sanders Anderson, Jr. – Chairman
     Tanya Lattimore – Vice Chair and Host Church Liaison
     Alice Webb – Ticket Sales Coordinator
     Byron Cobbin – Community Outreach Coordinator

COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The gracious host of this program is Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Rehearsal space for this concert and other performances is generously donated by St. James Episcopal. Houston Ebony Music Society, Inc., parent body of Houston Ebony Opera Guild, is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

For additional information, please call 713-591-6439 or go to the HEOG website at www.houstonebonyopera.org.

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