Pilgrim Baptist Church featured Carver Cossey in concert. Mr. Cossey came to Fort Wayne to serve as guest artist and clinician for the Heartland Chamber Chorale, on whose artistic advisory board he serves.Cossey was named the 2006 Artist of the Year by the Inspirational Gospel Music Association (IGMA). A Man Named Martin and Precious Lord were sung by Cossey. Cossey has been a member and featured soloist with the Pacific Chorale of Orange County, California, the Albert McNeal Jubilee Singers, and the Pacific Symphony. Cossey has been featured in performances with the Boston Pops, Opera Pacific, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and the Roger Wagner Chorale. Recording credits include the movie soundtrack for Highlander II and recent albums by Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Andrea Bocelli, Placido Domingo, Russell Watson, and the Albert McNeal Jubilee Singers.
Cossey is currently serving as a minister of music for Shepherd of the Hills UCC in Laguna Niguel. Mr. Cossey was the founder and first artistic director of Soul connection, a gospel choir in LA. Cossey is a past faculty member of UC Irvine, Saddleback College, and Cypress College where he was instrumental in establishing gospel choirs at each of these schools.
On the program with Cossey were the Temple Hazemir Choir directed by Dr. John Planer. It is a liturgical choir, made up entirely of volunteers, for worship rather than singing folk songs or presenting concerts. The ensemble repertoire is in Hebrew, singing a cappella and most settings are four-part. 
The core music is 19th century choral works by Salomon Sulzer, Samuel Naumbourg, and Louis Lewandowsky, but also includes contemporary compositions as well. Hazemir Choir has commissioned compositions and subsidized publication. In June 2007, hazemir plans to travel to Jerusalem to sing withe Hallel Choir.
Temple Professional Choir of Achduth Vesholom directed by Robert Nance(High Holy Days), and various services once each month. Members of the Choir are not necessarily members of the temple or of the Jewish faith. Also, Nance directed a chorus he founded in 1997, called Heartland Chamber Chorale. The Chorale is northern Indiana's only professional chorus with 26 members. The goal of the chorus is to serve as a professional resource for matters pertaining to the art of vocal music. Young folks are encourages to participate through an educational component called Side-by-Side in Song and Project Sing.
The host choir, Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir was directed by Debra Faye Williams-Robbins. Williams-Robbins leads a team of musicians, choral directors and instrumentalists, who guide nine different choirs for services of worship and special events throughout the year. Pilgrim Choirs have performed with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Heartland Chamber Chorale and many guest artists and clinicians in their annual choral workshops. Pilgrim Choirs performances range from classical anthems to modern day gospel.
Dr. Miles S. Edwards, PHD gave the welcome and introduced the performances.
The following information from We Are the Dream Concert Insert.
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