World Village Gospel Choir: WVGC Rocks!

World Village Gospel Choir presents WVGC Rocks!, a concert celebrating all the great rock tunes the choir has sung in a decade of concerts. You’ll hear music by Aretha Franklin, U2, Neil Young, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin and more, with a 60-voice gospel choir backed up by a professional band, plus stellar soloists.

Since its inception in 2012 by Co-Directors Rachel Landrecht and Neil Weisensel, World Village Gospel Choir (WVGC) has been singing gospel music, world music, spirituals, and new arrangements of pop and rock music from beloved artists like Stevie Wonder, U2, Neil Young, John Lennon, and many others. This concert will feature many of the songs previously covered, and a new set featuring songs of Aretha Franklin. Past highlights for WVGC include performing with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Heart at the Canada Life Centre, performances with both the Winnipeg Symphony and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, performing at two Aboriginal Day Live concerts broadcast on APTN from The Forks, and being featured on Vision TV’s documentary series Gospel To Go.