“Rarely have I ever seen a performing group take an audience by storm the way this one did at McCarter two seasons ago – and will do so again. Talk about charisma! Wow is the only word for the most exciting vocal group to emerge from South Africa since the days of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The Soweto Gospel Choir’s 25 members, augmented by live musicians and dancers, perform a program of tribal, traditional and popular African gospel - plus modern Western spirituals and international pop. And they do it in no less than 8 different languages, including Zulu, Sotho and Xhosa, as well as English – everything from Amazing Grace and The Lion Sleeps Tonight to Otis Redding and the reggae of Jimmy Cliff. Need your soul uplifted? Here’s a heaven-sent opportunity (pun intended)”

William W. Lockwood, Jr.
Special Programming Director