Gale Force Gospel Choir

We welcome Gale Force Choir to the Colours of Futuna concert series. Gale Force is a choir of around 50 singers who sing African-American gospel music, along with spiritual songs from African, Pacific Islands and Māori cultures.

They mainly sing Tony Backhouse's uplifting arrangements of gospel ‘a cappella’. Tony has a huge passion and respect for the gospel tradition and visits communities in the southern United States regularly.

He says “I've been visiting black churches on and off for 25 years and the experience of being in the midst of such celebration, commitment and energy never fails to blow my mind."

Admission $10 per person either at the door or at www.dashtickets.co.nz.

The chapel designed by architect John Scott in the early 1960’s, has long been celebrated as one of New Zealand’s most significant buildings of the twentieth century. It is regarded as a brilliant essay in geometry and coloured light, as well as for the way it draws on Scott’s Māori heritage.The chapel lends special acoustic qualities that will showcase a variety of musicians from Wellington. There is a wide selection of musical genre on display.

Upcoming concerts as part of the series:
14 Apr 2019 - Wososi: unaccompanied voices who draw from the richness of world music
28 Apr 2019 - Michelle Velvin (Harp) & Antonia Barnett-McIntosh (composer with Lilburn Residence Trust)
5 May 2019 - Palliser Viols: A Wellington consort of Viols
12 May 2019 - Klezmer with the Kugels