Spire joins forces with Kansas City’s own Isaac Cates & Ordained to amplify the music of black composers. This high energy 75-minute concert will showcase gospel songs that are rhythmic, balladic, dramatic, and exciting, always delivered with thoughtful arrangements, polished harmonies, and expressive lead vocals. Non-Idiomatic (non-spirituals or gospel) concert music will include works by Ulysses Kay, Florence Price, B.E. Boykin, Ken Burton, and more. Additionally, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the passing of Moses Hogan whose was famed for the revitalization of his concert arrangements of Negro spirituals.