Due to circumstances beyond our control - The sister of the Late Great Billy Preston , Rodena Preston, and the Gospel Music Workshop of America "A Day of Gospel" concert, Sunday, July 9 has been postponed.

Sunday Gospel Concerts TBA Sun. July 9- 1 to 5pm Theater (ticketed)

Concert directed by Rodena Preston

Gospel Music Workshop of America

Rodena Preston, Los Angeles GMWA director

The GMWA was organized by the late Rev. James Cleveland in 1968. It is composed of singers, ministers, musicians and music-lovers, from all over the world. There are individual chapters of GMWA in every major city in the United States, and now has chapters in Bermuda, The Bahamas, France, England, Denmark, and Australia.

The Los Angeles Chapter was formed by Rev. Cleveland with Harrison Johnson as the Chapter Representative. Rodena Preston (sister of music legend Billy Preston) was appointed to this position in August, 1972. The chapter now has a membership of 500+members who travel each year to the national meetings that are held in various cities.

On the local level, the Los Angeles Chapter meets on the first Tuesday of each month. They perform at various churches and gospel events throughout the year. The choir travels to various cities to perform and the traveling component varies in size. In the past 2 years, Musicians Workshop has hosted the concert with Preston and 75 members of the GMWA at the Hope Lutheran church in Temecula in Celebration of Black History Month. As a result, several Temecula residents are now members themselves of the GMWA and have hopes of opening a Temecula Chapter in the near future.

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