invites you, your choir or members of your choir to participate in

GOSPELFEST!
featuring internationally-known composer, and Gospel music authority, Dr. Keith Hampton

Voices West is proud to host a Gospel music festival and massed chorus performance opportunity for Front
Range church choirs and individual choral singers October 21-22, 2016. We've engaged Dr. Keith Hampton
(composer of "Praise His Holy Name" and True Light") as guest clinician and conductor for this exciting
event. Dr. Hampton will lead the GospelFest Massed Chorus in rehearsals and a culminating concert
performance of some of the best, new Gospel music. Fee for participation will be $10 per person to cover the
cost of music purchase and musician fees. INDIVIDUALS as well as ENTIRE CHURCH CHOIRS are invited
to be a part of this exciting event!

GospelFest Rehearsal and Concert Schedule (tentative)

Saturday, October 01 10 am-1 pm GospelFest Massed Chorus rehearsal

with Michael Todd Krueger, conductor of Voices West
King of Glory Lutheran Church, Arvada, Colorado
(this is a pre-festival rehearsal to learn notes and rhythms so Dr. Hampton can
focus on interpretation, style, history and presentation with the massed chorus)

Friday, October 21 7-10 pm GospelFest Massed Chorus rehearsal with Dr. Keith Hampton
St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
(Registration and seating will begin at 6 pm. Mid-rehearsal break will be hosted
by members of Voices West.)

Saturday, October 22 10 am-1 pm GospelFest Massed Chorus rehearsal with Dr. Keith Hampton
St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
(Registration and seating will begin at 9:30 am. Mid-rehearsal break will be hosted
by members of Voices West.)

Saturday, October 22 7:30 pm GospelFest Concert featuring a performance by Voices West of Robert Ray's
Gospel Mass and the GospelFest Massed Chorus, Dr. Keith Hampton, conductor
St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
 Dr. Keith Hampton
Keith Hampton, affectionately known as “Doc”, is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago Community Chorus (CCC). In
addition, Dr. Hampton is an organ performer, conductor, composer, educator, church musician, adjudicator, and workshop
clinician. He is Director of the Gospel Choir at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the president of Dr. KT
Productions, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. Keith is the Director of Music/Organist at St. Thomas Episcopal Church and Assistant
Director of Music at Trinity United Church of Christ, both in Chicago, Illinois.

Classically trained as an organist and conductor, he has served as Music Director/organist-choir director of Hillcrest Baptist
Church in Country Club Hills, Illinois; Bryn Mawr Community Church, Chicago, Illinois; Wesley United Methodist Church,
Aurora, Illinois; Congregational Church of Park Manor and Park Manor Christian Church, both in Chicago.

A specialist in the field of Gospel Music, the North

Central American Choral Directors Association in 2010
selected Dr. Keith Hampton as one of the top 25
Contemporary Composers and that his
composition, "Praise His Holy Name, should be
standard repertoire for choirs today and for the next 25
years."

Dr. Keith Hampton made his debut conducting the

National Festival Chorus at the prestigious Carnegie
Hall in New York on February 29, 2016. Additionally,
Dr. Hampton has guest conducted the, ACDA Eastern
Division High School Honors Choir, Alabama All State
Junior High School Honors Chorus, Baltimore All
County High School, Georgia All State Collegiate
Chorus, Ithaca College Gospel Festival, Oklahoma All
State Junior High School Honors Choir, Rhode Island
All State Chorus, Virginia All State Honors Choir,
Wisconsin All State Middle Level Chorus and District
Choruses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Wisconsin.

Keith Hampton earned a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Westminster Choir College, a Master of Arts Degree from
Marywood University, and a Doctor of Music Degree in Church Music from Northwestern University. Dr. Hampton has been
awarded the Service Playing, Choir Master, and Associate certificates from the American Guild of Organists.

At Dr. KT Productions, Inc., Keith provides music transcriptions of Black Gospel Music with the use of Finale by Make Music.
He produced the CD, Celebrate, in 2009, and published the book, Praise His Holy Name … And Other Songs in the Gospel
Style, in 2011. In 2012, Dr. Hampton produced two organ CDs, Organ Masterworks, Volume I and French Organ Music,
Volume II. As a published composer, Dr. Hampton’s arrangements of Spirituals and Gospel Songs are available through
Augsburg Fortress Press, Choristers Guild, earthsongs Publications, Hal Leonard Corporation, Hinshaw Music, and Dr. KT
Productions, Inc.

Additional information about Keith Hampton’s musical activities can be viewed at:
http://www.drkeithhampton.com/ and http://www.chicagocommunitychorus.org/.
 CHURCH CHOIR (OR ENSEMBLE) REGISTRATION FORM

GOSPELFEST! presented by Voices West, Michael Todd Krueger, conductor

featuring internationally-known composer, and Gospel music authority, Dr. Keith Hampton

CHURCH / ENSEMBLE NAME __________________________________________________________

US POSTAL ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________

PHONE NUMBER ____________________________________________________________________

DIRECTOR'S NAME __________________________________________________________________

DIRECTOR'S PHONE NUMBER _________________________________________________________

DIRECTOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS _________________________________________________________

PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT: CHECK _______ CREDIT CARD _______

NUMBER OF SINGERS PARTICIPATING _______ X $10 FEE = AMOUNT DUE OF ______________

PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAMES AND VOICE PARTS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE REVERSE OF THIS PAGE.
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY TO ENSURE NAMES APPEAR CORRECTLY IN THE CONCERT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

• Registration is complete when both form and payment are received. There is a $10 fee per singer to cover music and
musician costs, and payment may be submitted via either of the following methods:

Payment Option 1: mail a check (made out to Voices West) to:

Voices West, PO Box 206, Littleton, CO 80160
Payment Option 2: pay online with a credit card via Square (an invoice from Square will be emailed to the address
provided above upon receipt of registration form)

• Music for the Massed Chorus will be distributed at the Saturday, Oct. 1st Massed Chorus Rehearsal or at the Friday, Oct.
22nd Massed Chorus Rehearsal. Attendance by all singers at each of the events is necessary for the success of the
Massed Chorus under the direction of Dr. Keith Hampton. Other details, such as concert dress, use of folders, concert call time,
etc. will be announced as those decisions are made.

• Please retain a copy of this form for your own records. For questions or more information: michaeltoddkrueger@comcast.net

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 INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FORM

GOSPELFEST! presented by Voices West, Michael Todd Krueger, conductor

featuring internationally-known composer, and Gospel music authority, Dr. Keith Hampton

NAME ______________________________________________________________________________

VOICE PART ________________________________________________________________________

US POSTAL ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________

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PHONE NUMBER ____________________________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________

CHOIR AFFILIATION __________________________________________________________________

CHOIR DIRECTOR'S NAME ____________________________________________________________

PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT: CHECK _______ CREDIT CARD _______

• Registration is complete when both form and payment are received. There is a $10 fee per singer to cover music and
musician costs, and payment may be submitted via either of the following methods:

Payment Option 1: mail a check (made out to Voices West) to:

Voices West, PO Box 206, Littleton, CO 80160
Payment Option 2: pay online with a credit card via Square (an invoice from Square will be emailed to the address
provided above upon receipt of registration form)

• Music for the Massed Chorus will be distributed at the Saturday, Oct. 1st Massed Chorus Rehearsal or at the Friday, Oct.
22nd Massed Chorus Rehearsal. Attendance by all singers at each of the events is necessary for the success of the
Massed Chorus under the direction of Dr. Keith Hampton. Other details, such as concert dress, use of folders, concert call time,
etc. will be announced as those decisions are made.

• Please retain a copy of this form for your own records. For questions or more information: michaeltoddkrueger@comcast.net

SCAN AND EMAIL COMPLETED FORM TO TREASURER@VOICESWEST.ORG OR MAIL TO ADDRESS ABOVE