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	Sector	Musicians / Orchestras / DJs
	Country	US
	State	California
	Address	P.O. Box 28732, CA 94604, Oakland, California, US
	Phone	(510) 839-4361
	Web	http://www.oigc.org
	E-mail	admin@oigc.org

The award-winning Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir is a multiracial, interfaith group that regularly performs throughout the Bay Area. Its vocalists, led by Artistic Director Terrance Kelly, perform traditional and contemporary black gospel music and spirituals. The mission of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir is: 1. To employ black gospel music to express the power of spirit and bring a message of faith, hope, love and joy to the country and the world; 2. To exemplify through interfaith, multiracial and multi-cultural membership the principles of equality, justice, peace, unity and cooperation; 3. To serve as a model for what is possible among all peoples. The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir was founded originally by Rhythmic Concepts, Inc. in 1986. Its inspiration came as a result of a Gospel music workshop led by Terrance Kelly, at RCI's Jazz Camp West, and Kelly became its co-founder and artistic director. OIGC went on to become an independent organization in 1991, and consists of 60 singers and 4 musicians, who represent a multi racial, multi- cultural, interfaith community of diversity. There is also a smaller ensemble group and a youth choir. Auditions are held annually. The choir is a Bay Area institution known for its annual holiday concerts in Oakland, San Francisco, as well as the South Bay. It performs year-round at local events such as Oakland`s Art and Soul Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Choir members also donate their time to perform at prisons, homeless shelters and hospitals. The choir has toured the country and appeared in New Orleans, Atlanta and Portland, Oregon. The group has also taken its music overseas with concerts in Israel and Australia, where it won the Gold Award from the International Music Festival in Sydney. Its audiences have included Nelson Mandela, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and Mikhail Gorbachev.

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