Boston Pops Gospel Night - Oleta Adams
Boston Symphony Hall
May 31, 2008 8:00 PM BOSTON POPS TICKETS INFORMATION:
The fantastic all-volunteer choir that
"raised the rafters and made spirits soar" (Boston Globe) returns to
the Pops for its 15th year.
Accompanied by special guest singer and multiple
Grammy® nominee Oleta Adams, the Boston Pops Gospel Choir will leave
you flying
high with the power and elation of their signature Gospel sound.
Charles
Floyd is an annual guest conductor of the
Boston Pops Orchestra.
Since 1993 his performances have included
"Gospel Night at Pops" at Boston's Symphony Hall,
a program which
features orchestral classics as well as a 120-voice gospel chorus. 
Since the runaway success of
her 1990 debut album Circle of One (which went Platinum), and
the impassioned hit single
"Get Here" (the Brenda Russell
composition that became an unofficial anthem of the 1991 Gulf War) Oleta Adams has inspired
a growing legion of fans in the U.S. and Europe with journeys of the heart via
songs that draw deeply from her roots in gospel,
while crossing effortlessly into the
realms of soul, R&B, urban, and popular music.
Her success, nurtured by
worldwide tours with Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, and Luther
Vandross, has been solidified
by three Grammy nominations and a seemingly
bottomless well of creative energy.
A long-time resident of Kansas
City, Kansas, where she has found sanctuary from the turmoil of the
entertainment industry, Oleta Adams
also remains anchored by her upbringing in
the Pacific Northwest. The youngest of three girls and two boys, Oleta spent her
formative years
in Seattle before traveling over the mountains at age six to
Yakima, Washington, an idyllic town of 60,000. She first demonstrated her
budding
vocal gifts in the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church where her father served
as minister.