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‘Indescribable’: Tabernacle Choir performs with African American glee clubs in Georgia
Sep 10, 2024, 6:30 AM
ATLANTA — Singers from Utah to Georgia came together in a powerful show of unity.
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square shared the stage Monday evening with two historically Black colleges in Atlanta. The Utah-based choir performed with the Morehouse College and Spelman College glee clubs at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, bringing the audience to their feet numerous times throughout the concert.
It’s part of the Tabernacle Choir’s tour of the southeastern United States, and it’s a continuation of the collaboration between the singing groups that began last year.
“I think that the Tabernacle Choir being with us on our campuses is a wonderful thing,” said Elijah Gatling, a Morehouse College student and member of the school’s glee club. “It’s pretty much indescribable for me.”
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square shared the stage Monday evening with two historically Black colleges in Atlanta. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
‘It feels like home’
For the singers of the Spelman College Glee Club – which bills itself as the “oldest collegiate choir of African American women in the United States” – rehearsing is nothing new.
But Monday’s run-through before the evening concert felt a little bit different for Simone Moales.
“It feels amazing. It feels like home,” said Moales. “It feels like reuniting with family.”
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