Welcome to Edith Casteleyn.com
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The
new CD is released !!! V. I. P. - very important project by D.C.M.C. 12 beautiful black American gospels from up - beat to atmospheric songs
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I have worked in this profession for about 25 years.
Black gospel music is traditionally from the North American Deep South, coming out of the cotton fields, where it was the only way the slaves could communicate.
It continues to be sung every week in what people used to call ‘black’ churches and now call African-American churches.
Black Gospel has become enormously popular in the Netherlands over the last few years.
Every musical style can be found in Gospel music: jazz, blues, rock, funk and reggae. It is mainly sung with lots of instrumental accompanyment and also now and then ‘a capella’, from subdued to very exuberant, from solos to large groups.
At this moment I lead five choirs in the Netherlands: Friendship Gospel Choir in Baarn, Life Line Gospel Choir in Katwijk, Alive Gospel Choir in Nieuwegein,
Statement Gospel Choir in Heemskerk and Tribute Gospel Choir in Zutphen.
Together they form the Dutch Combined Mass Choir.
Next to that I have a group, The Rainbow Gospel Singers, a selection of about 25 singers and soloists.
I also give workshops in- and outside the Netherlands. You can read more about this on the page
Activities.
The Band
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