Giving Voice gospel trio Porter Phelps Huntington House Museum.
Giving Voice, a powerful vocal trio, delivers an inspiring range of music showcasing composers in the gospel & spirituals traditions. Evelyn Harris (the powerhouse vocalist, former member of Sweet Honey In The Rock, and Grammy nominated composer, and vocal stylist of spirituals, freedom songs, jazz, pop, rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, and blues) joins forces with Ellen Cogen (jazz vocalist, Professor of Music at Holyoke Community College, Visiting Lecturer of Voice at Westfield State College, and pianist/choir director at Unitarian Society of Northampton) and Mary Witt (of The O-Tones, Swing & Soul group) in the 11th Horace Clarence Boyer Memorial Gospel Concert.
For the past 42 years, the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum has hosted an outdoor folk tradition concert series beginning in June and running through July.
All Wednesday Folk Traditions concerts begin at 6:30 pm in the Sunken Garden at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Drive, Route 47, Hadley, MA 01035. General admission is $12, or $2 for children 16 and under. Tickets are available for purchase the day of the concert. Picnickers are also welcome on the museum grounds beginning at 5:00 pm. This is a smoke-free site. Please also note that pets are not allowed on the museum grounds.
In case of rain: concerts will be held at Wesley United Methodist Church at 98 N Maple St Hadley, MA 01035. If concerts are moved, information will be posted to the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Facebook page.