Grammy Award Winner to Headline RIT Gospel Fest Feb. 4
Concert celebrates 30th anniversary of RIT Gospel Ensemble
Smokie Norful
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Campus Life has teamed up with the RIT Gospel Ensemble and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion to host Gospel Fest 2011, 8 p.m. Feb. 4 in Clark Gymnasium.
This year’s concert features a performance by gospel legend Smokie Norful, whose music and message is widely known throughout the gospel community. Norful won a Grammy Award for his 2004 release Nothing Without You.
The Gospel Ensemble and Kevin McDonald, RIT’s chief diversity officer, will be the opening acts. Founded in 1981, the ensemble is a student-run organization comprised of students, faculty, staff, and community members. The group is known for singing black spirituals, interdenominational anthems and hymns, and modern-day gospel songs.
Tickets for Gospel Fest 2011—$11 for RIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and $16 for the general public—can be purchased at RIT’s Gordon Field House box office or at the ticketmaster website. For discounted group sales or to charge by phone, call 585-475-4121.
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