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The Morehouse and Spelman College Glee Clubs welcomed The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for a special concert at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel on the Morehouse campus in Atlanta on Monday, September 9, 2024.
This concert marked the second time that the Choir and the glee clubs have come together in celebration of the power and joy of music. In October 2023, the Choir hosted the glee clubs in Salt Lake City, where the groups performed on the Choir’s weekly broadcast of “Music & the Spoken Word.”
“This friendship just gets stronger, and you could see it today,” said Choir President Michael O. Leavitt. “When the Spelman Glee Club came [into the auditorium], there was this sense of spontaneous applause among the sisters who were in the Choir. And you could see that was the result of bonding that occurred when they were together.”
He continued, “I think this is just another step in an emerging, ongoing friendship that will have great value both to these colleges and to the Tabernacle Choir and the world.”
Henry Goodgame, vice president for external relations and alumni engagement at Morehouse College, sang in the glee club during his time at Morehouse and listened to the Tabernacle Choir growing up as a child.
“This was a day I only dreamed of actually happening,” Goodgame said. “It’s one of those things you will never, ever forget in your life.”
For Goodgame, the three choirs were able to extend their reach by performing together.
“We wrapped our arms around a troubled world, and we extended to this community and to all communities an olive branch,” he said. “Music is a healer.”
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