Harmonizing Grace Gospel Choir
Welcome!
Harmonizing Grace is Brown University’s one and only gospel choir! Affiliated with the Chaplain’s Office, Harmonizing Grace performs at various events around campus, including Brown’s annual “Lessons and Carols” celebration at Christmas.
We aim to create a community of fellowship, friendship, and faith through learning and performing both traditional and contemporary gospel music on campus and in the Providence area.
Rehearsals are weekly, from 4-6 PM on Sundays in Manning Hall Chapel (2F), followed by a worship for the Protestant Service from 6-7PM. No experience necessary- we will teach you everything, so bring only your enthusiasm and spirit! We welcome both singers and instrumentalists of all kinds and skill levels!
ABOUT HARMONIZING GRACEHarmonizing Grace is Brown University’s gospel ensemble and builds on a strong legacy of gospel choral groups on campus dating back to the 1960s. In response to members of the Brown community who expressed a desire for a gospel choir to be reintroduced to Brown, Harmonizing Grace was launched by the Brown Protestant Chaplaincy in 2013.
Beginning with just a handful of inaugural members, the choir is now a regular feature at campus events. Now in it’s 10th year, Harmonizing Grace has grown and boasts a regular roster of committed members and frequent invitations to sing in various locales throughout the city of Providence.
Meet Our Conductor
Donnell Best is a vocalist and trained violinist from the Spice Island of Grenada. He migrated to Boston to pursue a Bachelor’s of Music at Berklee College of Music. Since then, he has managed and directed numerous musical productions and projects, including a successful solo career.
Best has also worked and shared the stage with various national and international superstars, such as Beres Hammond, Busy Signal, Akua Naru, and Harry Belafonte. He currently tours the east coast of the United States, performing at various events and festivals as a vocalist and violinist.