Ein Adventskonzert der besonderen Art findet am 4. Dezember um 19:30 Uhr in der Markuskirche in Pirmasens statt: Gospelmusik hautnah.

 

Der Oxygen Chor, ein American-Gospel-Chor aus Charlotte, North Carolina, wird an verschiedenen Orten auftreten.

Der Oxygen Chor besteht aus 30 Sängerinnen und Sängern aus der Region Charlotte. Begleitet von einer hervorragenden Lobpreisband, präsentiert der Chor ein breites Musikrepertoire - von Gospel bis hin zu traditionellen Liedern, die in der Adventszeit bekannt sind.

Diese musikalische Vielfalt wird mit einer großen Leidenschaft und künstlerischer Qualität vorgetragen.

 

Die Inhalte der Gospels spiegeln nach wie vor die zentralen Überzeugungen wider, die der Chor vermitteln will.

 

 

Oxygen Choir to Visit Germany this December

Inter-generational choir to tour Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate State

 

CORNELIUS – Inhabitants of Southwest Germany will be treated to a special treat this Advent Season.

The Oxygen Choir, an American-Gospel Choir from Charlotte, North Carolina, will tour the Rhineland-Palatinate state from Nov. 29th – Dec. 6th and perform at a variety of sacred venues in celebration of the popular advent season.

Directed by Pastor Jason Lanier, the Oxygen Choir features a collection of 30-singers from the Charlotte region and is inter-generational, with ages ranging from 13 to 68. The choir features soprano, alto, tenor and bass singers. The majority of the singers worship at LIFE Fellowship Church in Cornelius, N.C.

The Oxygen Choir will set their home base in Kusel and visit churches in St. Wendel (City Kirche), Landstuhl (Baptiste Gemeinde), Kaiserslauten (Frei Baptiste Gemeinde), Idar Oberstein (Frei Christliche Gemeinde) and Pirmasens (Christliche Brüder Gemeinde) along with Frei Evangelische in Kusel.

The choir’s performance, entitled “Promise, Power, Presence”, will last 90-minutes and features songs and hymns such as “Hallelujah Chorus,” “Midnight Cry,” “Glorias of Christmas,” “Joy, Joy,” “O Holy Night,” We Need A Little Christmas” and other songs familiar to the Advent season.

Lanier currently serves as the Worship & Arts Pastor at LIFE Fellowship Church in Cornelius – a suburb of Charlotte, N.C. and is the former Worship Pastor at Lee Park Church and Hickory Grove Baptist Church. He has over 20 years of experience directing choirs and leading worship teams.

During their time in Germany, the choir also will seek to serve and support local churches and church plants in their gospel outreach to their local cities.