Gospel Extravaganza 2025: Through the Years—A Celebration of Berklee's Reverence Gospel Ensemble
Gospel Extravaganza 2024
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This event, presented by the Africana Studies Division at Berklee, showcases Berklee's Reverence Gospel Ensemble and its 40 years of gospel music excellence at Berklee. It will also feature an exceptional retrospective performance by the Reverence Reunion Gospel Choir, celebrating the program's rich legacy. In addition, Lisa Harrigan ‘83, the founder of the Reverence Gospel Choir, will direct a few songs.
Gospel Extravaganza 2025 will also mark the third year of the Berklee Gospel Music Hall of Fame, which honors artists, community members, and alumni who have impacted gospel music and culture. This year’s honorees will be Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds ’82, dean of the Professional Education Division at Berklee, a founding member of the Reverence Gospel Ensemble, and a two-time Fulbright senior music specialist; voice professor Jerome Kyles, who served two decades as the minister of music at Morning Star Baptist Church in Boston and starred in the TLC docuseries Trial By Choir; and MAJOR.(Opens in a new window), who was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his song “HONEST” in 2018.
Produced by Emmett G. Price III, Tracy Gibbs, director of operations and programs for Africana Studies, and Dennis Montgomery III, a professor in the Ensemble Department and a 2023 Berklee Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee.