News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 10/26/04   Click on image for publication quality photo  NEW SOUTHEASTERN ENSEMBLE DEBUTS WEDNESDAY – Members of Southeastern Louisiana University’s new Gospel Music Ensemble, who will debut at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium are, from left, front row, Leslie Palmer, Arianne Antoine, Brittany Cooper, Letecia Walker, Kenya Lawrence, director; second row, Brittany Bickham, Pamela Williams, Donta Mills, Zarrick Holmes, Darren Bridgewater, third row, Earlean Johnson, Ashley Deas, Glen Marie Young, Wendell Jackson Jr., Jeffery Hart Jr., Travis Bush; fourth row, Reginald Watson, Floyd Mayfield Jr., Joe Johnson. SOUTHEASTERN GOSPEL ENSEMBLE DEBUTS NOV. 3 AT POTTLE AUDITORIUM      HAMMOND – A new Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Music and Dramatic Arts vocal ensemble specializing in spiritual and Gospel music will make its debut at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium on Nov. 3.      Directed by music instructor and Southeastern alumnus Kenya Lawrence, the 18-member Gospel Music Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free.      Lawrence said the performance will also include liturgical dance and will feature solos by sopranos Pamela Williams of Bogalusa and Earlean Johnson of Edgard; altos Leslie Palmer of Hammond and Brittany Cooper of Slidell; tenors Jeffrey Hart of Boutte and Marshaun Robertson of Clinton; and baritone Zarrick Holmes of New Orleans.      Members of the ensemble, who are enrolled in the music department’s Gospel Music Workshop class, will be accompanied by Jan Youngblood. Youngblood, a Hammond resident who received a master’s degree in music from Southeastern in 1980, is a published arranger and composer. The Gospel Music Ensemble’s program will include some of his compositions.      In addition to the soloists, Gospel Ensemble members are       Sopranos: Glen Marie Young, Covington; Ashley Nicole Deas, Slidell; Brittany Bickham, LaPlace.      Altos: Leticia R. Walker, Baton Rouge; Arianne Antoine, New Orleans.      Tenors: Reginald Watson, Ethel; Wendell Jackson, Baton Rouge; Travis Bush, Bogalusa; Floyd Mayfield Jr., Geismar.      Baritones: Darren Bridgewater and Donta Mills, Baton Rouge.      For additional information, contact the Southeastern Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, 985-549-2184.