UNIVERSITY of the West Indies’s Mona Campus Male Chorus (MCMC) are headliners for this evening’s concert billed ‘Songs of Joy and Inspiration’ scheduled for Temple of Light Centre for Spiritual Living at the corner of Seymour and Fairway avenue in Kingston.

Show time is 6:00 pm. Lorna Phillips, spokeperson for the Temple of Light centre, promises a “phenomenal evening”. “It’ll be an uplifting and glorious experience,” she told the Jamaica Observer.

“They (Mona Campus Male Chorus) are a unique group of male voices singing in harmony,” she continued. The 25-member choir made its official debut to an appreciative audience in April at University Chapel at the University of the West Indies.

Formed in 2013, the outfit is the brainchild of its musical director, Noel Dexter. They are based at the Music Unit at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts.

Agostinho Pinnock, planning committee and cast member, said the choir has been in demand since their debut. “We’ve gotten favourable reviews … After people saw us in April they were inspired, and we’re getting requests,” he said.

According to Pinnock, the chorus’s set will comprise classical, pop, and gospel selections. “We’ll open with Psalm of Praises and close with Amen.

In-between, we’ll have a Michael Jackson suite and some songs by Tevin Campbell… There’ll be something for everyone,” he added.

— Brian Bonitto