15th – 18th September
We will be offering free tours around our building and providing you with a
wonderful experience of yester year.
Thursday 15th – Tour at 12noon and 2pm
Friday 16th – Tour at 12 noon and 2pm
Saturday 17th – Tour at 2pm
Sunday 18th – Tour at 2pm
Spaces are limited so please ask at reception for Siobhan Jesson or call 0151 476 2342.
On Wednesday 25th May Liverpool Lighthouse welcomed the esteemed Watoto Childrens Choir to their premises. The children performed their world renowned ‘Concert of Hope’ with support from local talent including Anfield Dance and Samba Band and Anfield Junior School Choir.
The Anfield Dance and Samba Band opened proceedings with a number of upbeat and lively performances. The crowd thoroughly enjoying each piece as much as the one before it. With performers ranging from 4 years old to 18 years old it was lovely to see local talent on display.
The second part of the evening was provided by Anfield Junior Choir. Although this was only the choir’s third public performance, you would never have been able to tell. The confidence the choir portrayed through their two numbers, Proud and Lean on Me, was something to behold. Both songs enticing everyone to clap along; they ended to rapturous applause from the entire audience.
Then came the moment everyone had been waiting for, the world famous Watoto Children’s Choir entered on to the stage. The choir, all dressed in lively costumes with a set to match, were marvellous to behold. Opening number, Paki Rwoth, was a high energy dance routine with amazing vocals. The audience were in complete awe of these special children.
Mixed between each musical performance were videos and testimonials of a few of the children. Each testimonial was a harrowing account of that child’s life before Watoto. However, they were not here to dwell on the past. The children were here to spread their message of hope, and to show how their lives had been bettered.
The whole Watoto programme left the audience feeling they had witnessed something truly special and this was shown through their generous donations to the children. The final figure is not yet known but we would like to wish everyone who attended, performed and helped a huge thank you!
International Gospel Arts Partnership Summit
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Worship – Love & Joy Gospel Choir
09:45 – 09:55 Welcome
10:00 – 10:40 Presentations: UK, Europe, USA & Africa (40 mins)
10:40 – 11:25 WORKSHOP 1 Delegates Choose One (45mins)
11:25 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:10 Keynote- Speaker – Mike Coleman (Integrity Music-USA)
12:10 – 12:35 Questions & Answers
12:20 – 13:10 WORKSHOP 2 Delegates Choose One (45 mins)
13:10 – 14:10 Lunch
Delegates can visit the ‘Gospel Zone’ & ‘Gospel Market Place’ at this time.
14:00 – 15:00: WORKSHOP 3 Delegates Choose One (55 mins)
(Possibly Luke Penwal- Premier Radio)
15:10 – 15:40 Speed Networking
16:30 – 16:45 Closing Remarks & Prayer: Dr Tani Omideyi
16:45 Afternoon Tea
NOTES:
19:00 – 21:00 City Sings Gospel International Concert
Liverpool Lighthouse welcomed many high profile speakers to talk at the 2008 International Gospel Arts Partnership Summit in June. Here is a brief biography of each of the speakers.
Michael Coleman
Michael Coleman, the President, co-founder and chairman of the Integrity Music US was the keynote speaker at the International Gospel Arts Partnership Summit in June 2008. Integrity Music US is a privately held media communications company that produces, publishes and distributes Christian music and related materials that are sold throughout the United States and in over 160 other countries. Integrity Music US is one of Christian music’s biggest success stories.
Michael Coleman, a native of Mobile, Alabama, earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of South Alabama, and a Master of Business for Global Executives from Duke University. He has served as the leader and visionary for the Integrity Music since its inception in 1987. An ordained minister, with more than 20 years of international ministry experience, he is the founder and leader if Integrity Worship Ministries
Clive Ennis
Clive Ennis, CEO of Atlanta based Gospel Entertainment Agency “Canthony Entertainment” is arguably one of the most influential gospel music CEO’s and one of the most important music executives in the industry. Clive has grown with some of the most talented artists and entertainment acts in the business. He is a man with a heartfelt devotion to the music he loves, the artists he serves, and the fans that make it all possible. His strength for recognizing talent has sealed contracts with Mary Mary, Deitrick Haddon, Martha Munizzi, Marvin Sapp, Papa San, Chevelle Franklyn, Vicki Yohe, Darlene McCoy, Tye Tribbett, Willie Brown & Woody.
Karen Gibson
Karen Gibson is one of the country’s most noted and experienced gospel tutors and directors. Founder and director of Gospel Matters, founder and co-director of UPC and current gospel choir director, Karen has conducted some of the most prestigious and large-scale choirs. She has performed for such dignitaries as Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Martin Luther King III, President Clinton and Queen Elizabeth. Not only has Karen conducted gospel workshops around the country, she has also lead numerous workshops abroad, in countries such as the USA, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Italy and Nigeria, where delegates have numbered anywhere between 20 and 1000.
Juliet Fletcher
Juliet Fletcher is recognised as a British Gospel pioneer and is one of the most connected individuals on the scene with an enviable network of relational contacts. Her career currently spans 30 years, where for the most part of a decade (in the 90s) she worked as the BBC’s expert, making specialised Gospel Music programmes. Over the last five years Juliet has pioneered the development of the Gospel Grand Summit, an annual event which has successfully pulled this faith-based arts sector together for a combination of industry based discourse, training and showcase performances.
Viv Broughton
Viv currently owns The Premises Studios in London, used by many leading gospel and chart topping artists.
Viv Broughton is one of the worlds leading authorities on the history of gospel music. His interest as a researcher, collector, writer and producer extends over thirty years and he continues to be closely involved with the music. His books on the subject, including Too Close To Heaven: The Illustrated History Of Gospel Music, have been described as “The definitive guide”. He has amassed a huge archive of film, photographs, recordings and interviews that trace the origins of gospel music from the 18th Century to the present day.
Noel Robinson
Noel Robinson has been one of the most influential people involved in bringing Gospel Music to the masses, working with stars like Chaka Khan, East 17 and Mica Paris, as both an acclaimed guitarist and musical director. He is an award winning performer of Afro Caribbean gospel and leader of a group of singers and musicians called NU Image, who have won four British Oasis Awards. Noel Robinson is currently the CEO of Jubal Communications, a music media company, Noel also works as a full time music and worship minister, travelling extensively giving workshops and concerts.
Luke Penwald
Head of New Media Commercial Development for Premier Christian Media, Luke Penwald will speak about using the World Wide Web to promote oneself as an artist.
Janine Levy
Head of marketing and A&R for Integrity Europe, Janine Levy, made a ten minute presentation on Gospel Music in Europe. Janine works for one of the biggest independent gospel music labels in the world. Janine is also an agency producer.
International Gospel Arts Partnership Summit
Saturday 7th June 2008 at Liverpool Lighthouse
Fun Networking at this year’s Summit.
Upcoming artists and established industry figures speed networked at Liverpool Lighthouse during the International Gospel Arts Partnership Summit on June 7th 2008. Similar to speed dating, speed networking is a fun way to break down barriers and help delegates forge positive business links with each other. Delegates were paired off and after two to three minutes switched partners when the bell sounded.
This ice-breaker was just one of the many innovative parts to this year’s summit. Delegates were delighted to have Michael Coleman, President of Integrity Music US lending his expertise during his keynote address. A dominant figure in the Gospel Industry having founded the biggest selling Christian music label in the world was described by participants as “insightful”, “laid back and grounded” and “inspirational”.
Martin King, the Director of the MerseyPartnership, Liverpool’s tourism board, delivered an informative speech on ‘partnership’. Other key figures such as Clive Ennis, Karen Gibson, Luke Penwal, Juliet Fletcher, Janine Levy and Viv Broughton gave interesting and positively charged workshops. Luke Penwald, of Premier Radio, motivated up and coming artists to use My-space, e-marketing and modern technologies of pod-casting and God Tube to get their music out there.
Gospel Arts practitioners from all over the world gathered to forge new links, showcase talent and explore a theme of partnership and learn about current developments in the industry. USA, Europe, the Antipodes and the UK were represented with delegates from the gospel arts music and entertainment industry.
