Brunch Theater

GUYANA FOLK FESTIVAL
SYMPOSIUM BRUNCH THEATER
Favorite Guyana Dishes and an international cast of multitalented musicians
You are invited to the Fundraiser for Symposium 2007:
"Roots of Spirituality" a Brunch with the Sounds of Gospel.
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This year we will be graced by an international cast of multitalented musicians who will entertain us with songs and music that reflect the spiritual roots of our community. We will be thrilled during our traditional brunch of Guyanese favorite dishes by the gospel renditions of Danny Coakley, the classical compositions of Beth Anderson , the uplifting voice of Janelle Brathwaite and the resonance of song of Trenton Mack.

Janelle Brathwaite is a native of Barbados. She loves to perform and recently graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College with an associate degree in Theater. Janelle hopes to be a great opera singer one day, after completing her music degree at Hunter College/CUNY. A mezzo-soprano, she started singing at the age of three, in Church, and has sung in concerts throughout Barbados.
Beth Anderson At the start of the twenty-first century, composer Beth Anderson is one of the most exciting personalities on the American classical music scene, bucking trends of formalism and attempting to make touch with her inner self, tastes and identity in her music. Beth Anderson is a composer of new romantic music, and music theater events.
Danny Coakley, a native New Yorker started singing at an early age. He studied music at the New York school of music and is an outstanding soloist performing at Churches and Concert Halls in the New York area. In 2001 Danny produced his first CD entitled "A Dream Fulfilled" and has performed at the Aaron Davis Hall, for the Wendell P. Whalum recital and opened for world renowned Yolanda Adams at the world famous Apollo Theater. He also opened for Jazz Saxophonist Kirk Whalum at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York.
Trenton Mack: Acknowledged in the Guyanese Diaspora and a member of several Guyanese based choirs, the highly respected Trenton Mack, whose powerful voice is legendary, started his singing career in his hometown, in Essequibo, Guyana, at the tender age of six years. As a young man, Trenton sang for church and school events and on Radio shows before joining the Guyana Police Male Voice Choir. As an talented soloist, Trenton was recognized at the British Music Festival with honors, and toured the Caribbean with the Male Voice Choir over the years. In the United States, Trenton Mack was honored by the Guyana Cultural Association for his outstanding contribution to music in Guyana, and has performed and toured with the United Nations Choir he has performed to Germany, Japan and throughout the United States. Do join us after church at 1.00 p.m. on Sunday, July 8th at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 331 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn, New York for this inspiring and informative event.