STAGE TUBE: Broadway Inspirational Voices Puts Gospel Spin on Jason Robert Brown's PARADE Tune

By: Sep. 01, 2016
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Tony and Grammy Award nominee Michael McElroy and the Broadway Inspirational Voices continue their brand-new web series titled "Broadway Our Way" today with McElroy's prayerful arrangement of "All the Wasted Time" from PARADE, with a special introduction by composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown himself. Check it out below!

The series presents Broadway songs performed in the Gospel style and features original arrangements by McElroy and appearances by special guests.

The BIV members featured in this second video are Chelsea Packard, Celisse Henderson, Allison Blackwell, Sophia Stephens, Lucia Giannetta, Angela Grovey, Ta'Rea Campbell, Angela DeCicco, Eliseo Roman, John Kemp Edwards, Chris Dilley, and Clarke Thorell. Piano accompaniment is artfully provided by Sam Bagala.

Broadway Inspirational Voices (BIV) was founded by Tony-nominated Michael McElroy in 1994 as the Broadway Gospel Choir. In 1999 BIV reincarnated to its current name. In 2010 BIV became a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission consists of providing? HOPE? to ?INSPIRE? and TRANSFORM? youth in need through music and The Arts. In addition to performing numerous concerts, the Grammy-nominated choir (for their first album "Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas" on Sh-K-Boom Records) has performed with award-winning artists including Elton John, STING, Mariah Carey, Jason Mraz, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vanessa Williams, Heather Headley, and Billy Porter. Additionally, BIV has been featured on "This Week" with John Oliver, "Late Night" with David Letterman, The Miss America Pageant, multiple Tony Awards Telecasts, NBC's hit show "SMASH", "America's Got Talent", and "The Rosie O'Donnell Christmas Special" and has played venues like Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Crystal Cathedral, and Constitution Hall. The Broadway Inspirational Voices are thrilled to release their second album, "Great Joy II: Around the World" this fall. Their new web series, "Broadway: Our Way" was launched on YouTube August 1st,, 2016. Visit us at BIVoices.org for more.



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