Joshua Nelson Gospel Choir Returns To New York Museum

Melding Hebrew tunes with African soul tradition, Joshua Nelson’s unique style and compelling voice have been proclaimed “the next big thing in music” by Oprah Winfrey.

Tickets to this event are $35 adults, $25 students/seniors, $20 members.

Joshua Nelson, an African-American Jew known as the Prince of Gospel Music, has been praised by critics across the world for his unique voice, which bears a strong resemblance to the legendary singer Mahalia Jackson’s passionate vocal stylings. He has performed in concert halls, synagogues, churches, solo and with such musical luminaries as Wynton Marsalis, Billy Preston, Aretha Franklin, and Stephanie Mills Gospel greats Albertina Walker, the Barret Sisters, Hezekiah Walker, Kirk Franklin, Dottie Peoples, Dorothy Nor wood, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Rever end Timothy Wright, Bobby Jones & New Life, The Klezmatics, and late jazz gr eats Cab Calloway and Dizzy Gillespie, among others. He was the subject of the 2000 documentary Keep on Walking. The Star Ledger says, “Some are calling him the world’s gr eatest Jewish Gospel Singer.”

The Museum’s three floor Core Exhibition educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the rich tapestry of Jewish life over the past century before, during, and after the Holocaust. Current special exhibitions include From the Heart: The Photojournalism of Ruth Gruber, The Other Promised Land: Vacationing, Identity, and the Jewish-American Dream, and Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust.

The Museum offers visitors a vibrant public program schedule in its Edmond J. Safra Hall. It is also home to Andy Goldsworthy’s memorial Garden of Stones, as well as James Carpenter’s Reflection Passage, Gift of The Gruss Lipper Foundation. The Museum receives general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and is a founding member of the Museums of Lower Manhattan. -- www.mjhnyc.org