Shamika Byrd - Sacred & Soulful . . . 7x7 @ Venice Island at Venice Island Performing Arts And Recreation Center

The 7 x 7 Venice Island Concert Series takes place at the new and beautiful performance facility: Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center in Manayunk.

The third performance in the series features the remarkable voice of vocalist/actress, Shamika Byrd. Byrd fell in love with traditional gospel music as a child at the Temple Baptist Church of Chester, PA. There, she was exposed to the Gospel greats which included: Shirley Caesar, The Clark Sisters, John P. Kee and James Cleveland. Though Byrd went on to explore other religious denominations, her passion for traditional Gospel music remained. It was in college, that she began to understand how her church music education, as well as the classical principals she learned at Eastern University, were bridged together by the genre of Jazz. It is this synthesis which spawned the idea for her upcoming concert, Sacred and Soulful: A creative walk through the music of the African American diaspora. ...

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The 7 x 7 Venice Island Concert Series takes place at the new and beautiful performance facility: Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center in Manayunk.

The third performance in the series features the remarkable voice of vocalist/actress, Shamika Byrd. Byrd fell in love with traditional gospel music as a child at the Temple Baptist Church of Chester, PA. There, she was exposed to the Gospel greats which included: Shirley Caesar, The Clark Sisters, John P. Kee and James Cleveland. Though Byrd went on to explore other religious denominations, her passion for traditional Gospel music remained. It was in college, that she began to understand how her church music education, as well as the classical principals she learned at Eastern University, were bridged together by the genre of Jazz. It is this synthesis which spawned the idea for her upcoming concert, Sacred and Soulful: A creative walk through the music of the African American diaspora.

The concert will include field hollers and chants, along with traditional Gospel, Blues and Jazz for a joyous, all encompassing experience for the listener. Songstress, Byrd will be joined by a strong-armed, rhythm section of keyboards, drums, bass and percussion. There might even be a violin or two in the house as well, and finally, count on there being some other sure-fire vocalists to be on hand to help raise the roof!

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