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There will no doubt be a rapt audience
1996 that the choir has performed at the
when Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes
Meyerhoff during the holiday season.
Mitchell, star of Broadway, film, and
Conductor Eric Conway explains that the
television (who goes by the stage name
choir is often mistaken for a gospel choir
of “Stokes”), takes the stage as host
and that this performance is an opportuniand vocalist for “‘Tis the Season.” The
ty to bring Morgan’s eclectic repertoire to
performance with the BSO SuperPops
the Meyerhoff, offering a new perspective
will feature traditional and contemporary
on traditional holiday music.
holiday favorites heralding the arrival of
“We sing all types of music, from
Santa himself. According to Stokes, the
incredibly great concert arrangements
performance will be as fun and joyful as
of spirituals and classical music, to
the season it celebrates.
our performance on the
“Wherever I go, I like
BSO’s Grammy-nominated
ACCORDING TO STOKES, recording of Bernstein’s
to perform as if I were
THE PERFORMANCE
performing in my living
Mass,” says Conway.
room for some friends,” says WILL BE AS FUN AND
The students of Morgan
JOYFUL AS THE SEASON State University Choir will
Stokes. He adds that, “For
me, a theater is a sacred
lend their exuberant vocals
IT CELEBRATES.
space. … When you leave
to a performance that will
it, you should feel transinclude ornate orchestral
formed and uplifted.”
carols, country blues, rock, Christmas
The performance will also be full of
spirituals, and John Rutter’s Gloria. The
surprises. Stokes hints that he plans to
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