Harlem Gospel Choir with Andre Rieu at Radio City Music Hall Highlights 1990 Performed for Nelson Mandela at Yankee Stadium 1995 Performed for Pope John Paul II in Central Park, NYC 1999 Performed with The Chieftains at Carnegie Hall, NYC Elected to Executive Board of John Lennon Song Writing Contest 2000 Performed with The Dixie Hummingbirds at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC 2001 Performed with Diana Ross at US Open, Arthur Ashe Stadium, NYC Performed with Jimmy Cliff at Riverside Church, NYC 2003 Performed with Whoopi Goldberg, NYC Featured Artist at Eisteddfod International Music Festival, Wales Private audience with Pope John Paul II, The Vatican, Rome Performed with Lyle Lovett at Carnegie Hall, NYC 2004 Performed with Harry Belafonte & Danny Glover at Carnegie Hall, NYC Featured Artist, 2004 Jammy Awards, Madison Square Garden, NYC Performed with Bono & U2, Rockefeller Center, NYC 2006 Mayor Bloomberg declares January 15 2006 "Harlem Gospel Choir Day" in New York City Congressman Charles Rangel, Senator David Patterson, proclaim the Choir's ministry Performed with virtual band Gorillaz, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC Performed with Yolanda Adams, BB King Blues Club, NYC Performed with Cindy Lauper, BB King Blues Club, NYC Performed with Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall, NYC Performed with Natalia Kukulska; Sala Kongressowa, Warsaw, Poland 2007 World tour with Andre Rieu; Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Japan The album New York Memories with Andre Rieu & Harlem Gospel Choir reaches 5X platinum status, Australia Performed for Sir Elton John at his 60th birthday party, Cathedral of St. John The Divine, NYC Won American Entertainment Magazine's Readers' Choice Award for Best Arts Performance! Performed with the Dixie Hummingbirds Performed the music of Mary J Blige; BB King Blues Club, NYC Performed with jazz legend Jon Hendricks; BB King Blues Club, NYC Performed with Brit Award-nominated band "Razorlight", Irving Plaza, NYC Performed "In The Ghetto" with Lisa Marie Presley, Oprah Winfrey Show, Madison Square Garden, NYC Performed with US Army band "The Jazz Ambassadors" for Freedom Walk 2007, Pentagon, VA Performed at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, month of December, 2007 Performed with Jessica Simpson, Walt Disney Christmas Parade, December, 2007 Worked with the Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy - Poland's largest children's charity 2008 Performed on Good Morning America's Coat drive and helped them to collect over 155,000 coats for the homeless Performed on the Colbert Report with Ambassador Young Performed with Red Hurley, renowned Irish Tenor, Symphony Space, NYC Performed at the wedding of Richard Attias and Cecilia Sarkozy, Rainbow Room, NYC Performed on Fox 5 Good Day New York as part of the coverage of the Papal Visit to NYC Performed for 60,000 people, Concert of Hope, Yankee Stadium Performed with Stephanie Mills, Concert of Hope, Yankee stadium Performed at Chase Field, Phoenix Arizona, for Arizona Diamondbacks & San Diego Padres Performed benefit concert for Voices of September 11, Greenwich, CT Performed at Rhythm & Blues by the Brook with Isaac Hayes, to benefit Plainfield NJ Food Bank Invited to Perform with Duran Duran, Central Park Summer Stage Will Perform at Night of the Proms in Europe with Simple Minds, Live, and Sinead O'Connor What They are Saying! "Thank you for singing with me!" Stephanie Mills at the Concert for Hope, Yankee Stadium, April 20, 2008 "Have you heard the Harlem Gospel Choir? Katie and I did on Saturday night, and it was an experience we’ll never forget. There were soaring melodies, stirring harmonies, two of the best jazz accompanists you’ll ever hear (drums & keyboard), & almost every song involved some kind of audience participation. The Seretean Center rocked like I’ve never seen it rock before! Katie wound up on stage with about 100 other kids dancing the “Harlem Shuffle”, & we both made it to the stage for a grand finale with introductions and we danced and belted out Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration”, Gospel-style. At one point Choir founder Allen Bailey announced “I don’t know what you were when you came in here, but you’re all Baptists now!” When they come to your town, don’t miss the chance to let yourself be moved by the Harlem Gospel Choir." Posted by eatmorecookies "On behalf of the Zvonecek-Praha Children's Choir, I would like to thank you again for the wonderful night of Nov. 1, 2007. It is not just your singing which you gave to the Prague audience... you truly believe what you sing about...you are not only wonderful singers with great voices, but beautiful human beings giving out joy and really good news which you call gospel."Jan Vancura, President, Zvonecek Praha Children's Choir "Thanks to your wonderful singers for the inspiration you provided at our Freedom Walk. The Choir did a perfect job of helping us all reflect on 9/11 and also look forward to a better future." Allison Barber, Department of Defense "The Harlem Gospel Choir are tremendous!" Sir Elton John "I just came home from seeing the Choir at the Barre Opera House in Vermont. I can't tell you how intensely the show affected me. Vermont is typically a very reserved place...... Tonight however, I will tell you the Choir had the Opera House rocking....it was truly unbelievable to see....there was some life bouncing around those walls tonight!" Karen Hanron, Montpelier, VT "Thank you so much for your incredible performance here at the University of Puget Sound. The amazing amount of spirit and energy you created onstage was impressive, but the same feeling created through the audience is something I have never seen before in our concert hall. You left our hearts and ears ringing with your music and passion!" Serni Solidaris, University of Puget Sound, Associated Students " I am sitting here in the control room of my studio..with tears in my eyes. I just mixed "Oh when the Saints". My goodness, I hope so that we are going to be able to do the tour together!!! Your group is FANTASTIC!!! And me also that I asked you….hahahaha." Andre Rieu "Wow! You rocked Town Hall! You were the perfect finale. Thank you." Saranne Rothberg, CEO, ComdeyCures Foundation, FUNDAYSUNDAY "Among the nominees for Best Concept Event this year was a Dom Perignon party..with the Harlem Gospel Choir. Dom Perignon's Jennifer Fagnan was "beyond pleased...they brought the brand to life" Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2005 "The Choir is great, just great"Paddy Maloney, The Chieftains "I love the Harlem Gospel Choir" Sri Chinmoy "They are Angels in Harlem" Bono, U2 "Thanks so much, I really needed a dose of the Holy Ghost. God Bless you and your ministry. Your sister in Christ" Maria Muldaur "The Choir are God's people from Harlem" Amy Grant "For the first time in its 57-year history the Eisteddfod saw 4000 people dancing in the aisles, in their seats & on the stage. It was a joyous occasion. "Gwyn L. Williams, CEO, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod "Thanks for the great singing" Lyle Lovett "What a wonderful evening" Harry Belafonte "I was duly impressed with the Choir's boundless energy--to see our entire congregation on their feet, clapping & dancing & singing & testifying throughout the show, was a rare vision indeed." Partridge "Buzz" Boswell, Executive Director, Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon Valley, New Hampshire Home - Biography - Sunday Gospel - Tour Schedule - Merchandise - Angels in Harlem - Our Founder - Our Ministry - Picture Gallery - Contact Us info@harlemgospelchoir.com Last Modified: Monday, June 9, 2008