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Richard Smallwood & Vision

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Saturday, March 30, 2013
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Composer and pianist Richard Smallwood is gospel's singular visionary. A Gospel Music Hall of Famer whose songs are as likely to be recorded by Aretha Franklin as Yolanda Adams, Smallwood makes the choir sound like a symphony, layering endlessly subtle shadings and textures into a music of magisterial exaltation.Smallwood founded the first gospel group, the Celestials, at Howard University, where he studied voice, piano, and ethnomusicology. He became one of gospel music's leading recording artists in the 1980s, with the Billboard Chart-smashing The Richard Smallwood Singers and the Grammy-nominated Textures and added new standards such as "Center of My Joy" to the canon. Now Smallwood brings the 21 majestic voices of Vision to the luxurious but comfortable Carolina Theatre, in the heart of Durham, for an evening of conceptually dazzling, musically riveting praise. *** Richard Smallwood & Vision is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and the Carolina Theatre of Durham.Duke students may purchase $10 tickets from the Duke University Box Office or the Carolina Theatre in person, on-line, or via phone. All other tickets are sold through the Carolina Theatre box office. *** Tickets to performances at the Carolina Theatre are not available as part of a Pick-Four/25% ticket discount package. However, patrons who purchase a Pick-Four package will receive a 25% discount code good for all Duke Performances' events at the Carolina Theatre.

Contact: Ken Rumble