Feb 24, 2020
My guest today is Gail Blache-Gill.
Gail is a professional choral singer, conductor, pianist, educator,
and minister of music. Born and raised in Trinidad, Gail moved to
NYC when she was 17 years old. She first attended Lehman
College in the Bronx majoring in math, then joined the choir at
Brooklyn College, before moving to Princeton, NJ to complete her
studies at Westminster Choir College. Gail toured with “Porgy
and Bess” for 9 years, taught music in Brooklyn, Hawaii,
Harlem and New Jersey, sings with the Alvin Ailey Gospel
Choir, conducts the Haitian gospel choir, The
Spirituals, based in Brooklyn, NY, and is currently the
Minister of Music at The Church of St. Paul and the
Incarnation in Jersey City, NJ.
Authentic, vulnerable and compassionate; Gail has learned to be a
deep listener: to the past, to young people, to the numerous
doors that open before us; a sign, she believes, of the universe’s
loving support. Gail believes the only reason we are here on this
earth is to love; help each other and be kind to each other. Music
has been a natural vehicle for Gail to be an instrument of God’s
peace. She claims that singing is her passion and music is her
ministry. Join me on March
12th at the NY Historical Society’s program ‘Black Women and the 19th
Amendment’ to hear Gail and her gifted friends sing. See links
to this event in the show notes. Enjoy the
podcast!
Links:
Brent
Staples
NY
Historical Society March 12 Program
The
Church of St. Paul and the Incarnation Jersey City,
NJ
Alvin
Ailey Gospel Choir