Morgan State University Choir in Hong Kong

30 MAY 2025 at 19:00
FREE CONERT - Open Seating with eventbrite reservations

Methodist International Church (MIC) | 271 Queen's Rd E, Wan Chai, HK

For the very first time, the renowned Morgan State University Choir from Baltimore, Maryland (USA) brings its powerful, soul-stirring sound to Hong Kong, joining forces with the Hong Kong Women’s Choir for a special evening of inspirational music.

The program features a moving blend of spirituals, gospel, and inspirational choral works, a celebration of resilience, hope, and unity through music.

Don’t miss this uplifting musical collaboration across cultures!

Program will include selections from:

Lift Every voice and sing arr. Roland Carter

To Sit and Dream Rosephanye Powell

Hold Fast to Dreams Roland Carter

Five Spirituals Sung by Wings over Jordan

I Have a Dream Charles Dickerson

Come Unto Me James Lee

Gospel Mass Robert Ray

O Shenandoah arr. Steven Zegree

Bring Him Home arr. Steven Zegree

Wade in the Water Jasmine Barnes

Hold On Just a Little While Longer arr. Bryon K. Black II

My Faith Looks Up to Thee Arr. Anwar Ottley

I’ll Stand Raymond Wise

Stand Up from Harriet Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Campbell

The Best is Yet to Come Donald Lawrence

Jehovah Sabaoth Donald Lawrence

Victory As sung by Yolanda Adams

Even me arr. Patrick Lundy

Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins

If I Can Help Somebody arr. Nathan Carter

The Lord Be Praised Margaret Douroux

The Morgan State University Choir is one of the nation’s most prestigious university choral ensembles. While classical, gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the choir’s critically acclaimed repertoire, they are renowned for their emphasis on preserving spiritual heritage in their performances. The choir has performed with major symphony orchestras, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Eric Conway is the current Director of the Morgan State University Choir. Since 2004, he has led the choir through many notable performances, including a special performance at the service honoring Rosa Parks, the first woman to lie in honor at our nation’s Capital Rotunda. In 2015, at the request of First Lady Michelle Obama, the choir sang at the White House for a nationally televised concert in the East Room alongside Aretha Franklin, Shirley Caesar, and Tamela Mann. During the summer of 2018, the choir traveled to Slovakia, Germany, and Austria, where they sang in Vienna’s famed St. Mark's Cathedral. In the fall of the same year, the choir performed Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestra Marin Alsop.

The choir has performed all over the world including in Greece, West Africa, Russia, South Africa, Canada, Colombia, China, Brazil, Argentina, Jamaica, Italy, Australia, Cuba, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, England, Scotland, Wales, Peru, Ecuador, the Middle East, and the Galapagos Islands. Having shared their musical gifts on grand stages across the globe–with numerous dignitaries and celebrated performers– the Morgan State University Choir acts as a cultural ambassador for the City of Baltimore, the state of Maryland and the United States.

For further information, see www.msuchoir.org.

The Hong Kong Women’s Choir is a registered charitable organization, founded by a group of dedicated women, both expatriates and from Hong Kong, with a common love of singing. Within this organization, there are two sister groups: NOVA, the core group of singers performing to accompaniment and The Grace Notes who sing a cappella (unaccompanied). Rehearsals are held weekly and fundraising concerts for local charities are run each year in May and December.

As a registered charitable organization, the objectives of the choir are to perform (in our own concerts, at private functions and public venues) to raise funds for Hong Kong charitable concerns while bringing music to the Hong Kong public. To date, we have helped organizations such as The Home of Loving Faithfulness, Against Child Abuse, St. Barnabas Society, St. John’s Counseling Service, Youth Outreach, the Hong Kong School for the Deaf, The Children’s Cancer Society and The Hong Kong Vocational Center, to name just a few.

https://thkwc.org/