The annual performance of the Washington Performing Arts Society’s Gospel Mass Choir in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall has become one of Washington’s favorite events. This year the ensemble is conducted by Stanley J. Thurston, the newly appointed artistic director, whose expertise as pianist, composer and arranger has long enhanced area concert halls.
“This will be the largest choir ever with 120 members of the Children’s Choir joining the Men’s Choir and the Women’s Choir, a total of 270 singers,” Thurston says. “The Women’s Choir, the longest running of the three groups, began 15 years ago. Some of the original members are still singing and happy to be a part of the concert.
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