Gospel for Teens Freshmen at their end-of-semester concert on December 7, 2012. This year, they perform as the Advanced Class. Photo credit: Anik Polo

The award-winning Gospel for Teens Choir sings with joy, passion, faith, and hope. Your attendance at their end-of-semester concert enables teenagers between 13 and 19 years old to participate in the Gospel for Teens program at no charge.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

All tickets $35.00

The Dempsey Theater
127 West 127th Sreet
New York, NY 10027
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The School for Gospel, Jazz and R&B Arts supports the beginner and seasoned singer, those who sing for joy, or those who want to hone their craft.

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Mama Foundation for the Arts Gospel for Teens Choir took the grand prize at The Pathmark Gospel Choir Competition in February, 2011. Photo credit: Jasmin Williams

Vy Higginsen and gospel legend, Dr. Emily "Cissy" Houston, joined forces to teach aspiring teenagers about the importance of gospel music as an art form.

Gospel for Teens has grown to be a highly respected and influential program for youth between the ages of thirteen and nineteen.

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If you’d like to step out of the group and sing solo or are preparing for an audition, sign up with one of our vocal teachers.

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Timothy Riley will be our Wednesday Sings Jazz & Blues! instructor in the forthcoming series.

Wednesday Sings Jazz and Blues! is designed for adults. Join us on Wednesdays at The Mama Foundation for the Arts for a Harlem jazz experience!

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BUY CD

A live recording of the original musical, this CD features soaring vocals.

	Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson, Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Bettina Pennon, Tyrone Flowers, and Sandra Huff in Mama, I Want to Sing: The Next Generation, featuring Gospel for Teens, at the Dempsey Theater, New York City in 2011.

Poster for Mama, I Want to Sing in London at the Gielgud Theatre, January-June, 1995. Featured are Doris Troy (left) and Stacey Francis (right).

The Mama Foundation for the Arts welcomes your tax deductible donation. Your contribution supports our mission, which is to keep the legacy of gospel, jazz, and R&B Arts alive and growing. The MFA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. MORE ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS AND HOW TO CONTRIBUTE.

As part of our mission to restore Harlem to its prominence as a world entertainment capital, we produce uplifting, inspiring, thoroughly enjoyable theater. We can bring Harlem to your city, state, or country.

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Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson and Sandra Huff in Mama, I Want to Sing at Dempsey Theater in 2011. Photo credit: Jasmin Williams.

SOUL-STIRRING POWER

A talented young gospel singer embraces secular music despite her mother’s strong objections. The story is told through soul-stirring music performed by an outstanding ensemble.

Saturdays
March 16, 23, 20, 30
April 6, 13, 20, 27
May 4, 11
at 5:00 p.m.

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Sing Harlem Sing! at the Dempsey Theater in 2012. Photo credit: G. N. Miller.

THE HUMAN VOICE IS THE POWER

Featuring: Vy Higginsen as you remember her on WVHW-FM—the radio station that broadcasts Mama, I Want to Sing. Sing Harlem Sing! is music from a time when the human voice was the power, the possibility, and the promise.

Saturdays
April 13, May 4 and June 8
at 2:00 p.m.

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