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The Concert features the extraordinary bass baritone vocalist Lawrence Beamen (of NBC's "America's Got Talent") and the Gold Coast Chamber Players.
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When: Friday, February 25, 8 pm and
Saturday, February 26, 3 pm
Where: African American Art & Culture Complex (762 Fulton Street, SF - Free Parking)
Admission: Early Bird Special $15, until January 31st
Admission: $30 - Starting February 1st For tickets go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/143247 or Call Brown Paper Tickets: 1-800-838-3006 See Lawrence Beamen on "America's Got Talent": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBBbMEc_fo Celebrated African American bass, Beamen of "America's Got Talent" will sing beloved Negro Spirituals in a concert that also features the music of William Grant Still and other Black composers performed with the classical string quartet, The Gold Coast Chamber Players (GCCP).
Harmony & Melody... was
conceived by and GCCP's founder and artistic director Pamela
Freund-Striplen to use music as a bridge towards racial and cultural
unity, peace and understanding.
Beamen, a Walnut Creek resident, is a critically celebrated vocalist.  His singing career started at the tender age of 6. At
17, while in collage studying for his masters in psychology, a
matriarch at his church asked him, "How would you like to sing for the
NAACP honoring Rosa Parks"? He said, "Yes!" Beamen is nationally and internationally known and has performed for well known dignitaries from a former President to a Pope. He has also performed for California Pacific Medical Center's African American Breast Health program and sang the National Anthem for the San Francisco Giants, the Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors; he as also opened for musical artists as Patti LaBelle and Kirk Franklin.
Since its founding in 1987, GCCP has become recognized for its high quality performances and innovative programming, offering an annual series of concerts  | photo by 510media
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that combine 20th Century and standard repertoire chamber music for mixed instrumentation (strings, brass, reeds, piano, voice.) They were named the "Best Chamber Group in the East Bay for 2006" by the Contra Costa Times.
Performers will include: Laura Albers, violin (Associate Concertmaster of San Francisco Opera Orchestra); Hrabba Atladottir, violin (Member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra); Robert Howard, cello; and Pamela Freund-Striplen, viola (Artistic Director, GCCP). For more info visit: http://gcplayers.org | 
