Our SGC2USA project
The Southern Gospel Choir is excited to announce that we have been invited to tour and perform in the USA.
The cost of this trip, for each individual member of the choir, is around $5,500. With 80 members (plus band and crew) touring the total costs are estimated at around $500,000.
So we need YOUR help! - our beautiful community fans, friends, family, and colleagues - our SGC Angels!
Through our campaign on Pozible our generous fans have pledged an amazing $25,134!. Thank you all!
If you would like to read more about our USA project or perhaps donate towards it, follow the banner above.
Video of the performance of 8:00pm Friday 8th July 2011
Open
videoIf you would like to relive this stunning performance at the Hobart City Hall you may watch the video recorded on the night.
The video is only available for a limited time.
The Southern Gospel Choir is unique in Australia. Their very contemporary sound draws on the grooves and harmonic structures of jazz, funk, soul, house and hip-hop and yet maintains the heart and soul of traditional gospel through beautiful and powerful melodies and vocal arrangements, and the irrepressible, uncontainable joy that is gospel music.
Andrew Legg
Andrew Legg formed the Southern Gospel Choir and Band in 2000, soon after joining the staff of the contemporary music department at the University of Tasmania, Conservatorium of Music.
The choir is highly experienced in performance for corporate events, having performed at numerous functions and conventions and this powerful choir are at home singing in outdoor venues, wineries, the Federation Concert Hall, the Theatre Royal or community halls and theatres. The Southern Gospel Choir is one of the most flexible music ensembles in Australia, able to provide a stylish sextet or a huge, roof-raising gospel sound, and boasts some of the best up-and-coming contemporary singers in Australia.
The choir is supported by a six-piece band drawn from the elite of Tasmania’s musicians, featuring saxophone, drums, bass, piano, keyboards and the inimitable sound of the Hammond organ. The choir can also be ably supported by the brilliant solo piano accompaniment of Andrew Legg.
The Southern Gospel Choir and Dr. Legg have received acclaim internationally, and have worked with many prominent gospel artists including Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin, Horace Clarence Boyer, Eric Dozier and Take 6. The choir was nominated for an ARIA award in 2005.
