SPRING SPRING CONCERT CONCERT
with the VUU Gospel Choir Gospel
Feat. University Choir and First Thursday Jazz Band
Thursday, April 9 9 @ 7 PM @ 7 th th
Virginia Union University - Allix B. James Chapel Chapel
HOST
INVOCATION
SPRING SPRING CONCERT CONCERT
At Virginia Union University April 9, 2026
I. FIRST THURSDAY JAZZ BAND SUMTHN SUMTHN
BAD HABITS
IS IT A CRIME
Pastor Trevor Walker
Shyheim Jones
Maxwell
Soloists – Ceodric Mangum and Mason Garrett
Maxwell
Soloist – Mason Garrett
Sade
Soloists – Kyla Wright and Daniel Hamilton
II. VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY CHOIR OUR PRAYER
SANCTUS
O SING UNTO THE LORD
III. VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY GOSPEL CHOIR LET EVERYTHING THAT HATH BREATHE
I GIVE YOU PRAISE
DELIVER IT’S GONNA WORK
SEND THE PRAISE UP
Anthony Brown
Soloist – Morgan Gafford
Carlos Simon
Diane White-Clayton
Bishop George D. Pass, II
Richard Smallwood
Soloist – James Johnson III
JJ Hairson
Soloist – Jordan Adams
Joel T. Lester
Soloist – Cierra Hill
Vincent Bohanan
Soloist – Dr Donte McCutchen
IV. DANCE
YOU KNOW MY NAME
V. VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY AND GOSPEL CHOIR
WHAT IS THIS
DON’T CRY
Tasha Cobbs Leonard Dancer - Alyse Martin
Walter & Edwin Hawkins
Soloists – Alexandria Hunt-Quarles, Dr. Johnetta Guishard & Tarsha Brown
Kirk Franklin
Soloists – Adorah Rideout, Kortni Searles, Alexandria Hunt-Quarles, Brooklyn Starks and Cierra Hill
RICHARD SMALLWOOD MEDLEY
(NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, I LOVE THE LORD, CENTER OF MY JOY AND ANTHEM OF PRAISE)
Richard Smallwood
Soloists – Jakyra Gray, Syndey Gray, Brooklyn Starks, Alexandria Hunt-Quarles, Jordan Thomas & Cierra Hill
The Board of Trustees
DR. W. FRANKLYN RICHARDSON ‘79, CHAIRMAN
DR. ROLAND E. MOORE ‘69, VICE CHAIRMAN
MS. CAROLYN JACOBS ‘64, SECRETARY
MS. JEANNIE P. BALILES
MR LAWRENCE P BANCROFT
MS KENYA A BLAKE
DR DARRAN T BRANDON ‘14
DR JAMES E COLEMAN, JR
MR TYRONE E DICKERSON
MS CAROLYN JACOBS ‘64
DR JIMMY R JENKINS, SR
DR RALPH D WEST
MS. AN’JOU WHITE ‘87
MR. KENNETH M. JONES, II
MR. DARIUS A. JOHNSON
DR. HAKIM J. LUCAS
THE HON. N. SCOTT PHILLIPS, ESQ. ‘83
DR. PAMELA KIECKER ROYALL
DR. HOWARD-JOHN WESLEY
DR. ELISE GREEN ‘18, ‘21
DR THERON WILLIAMS ‘83, ‘86
DR WADDELL G JONES, JR
MR SHAWN HUNT
MR DYLAN GLINTON
HONORARY TRUSTEES
REV. DR. WALTER E. FAUNTROY ‘55
DR. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT JR. (TRUSTEE EMERITUS)
Special “Thank You” to the Following
MR HUNTER ASTROP
MS DELANEY DARBY
MS URSULA JAMES
MRS IDA JONES
PROFESSOR JOEL T LESTER
MR TIMOTHY MILAN
MRS. JUSTICE MILLER INGRAHAM
MS. AYASHA SLEDGE
PROFESSOR PARI VALAD
MRS. YOLANDA WILLIAMS
Virginia Union University Choir
ADAMS, JORDAN
BROWN, PAIGE
BUSH, JAH’SIER
DONALDSON, AUSTIN
GRANT, JADA
JOHNSON III, JAMES JONES, CHARLIE
LEMAITRE, JASIRA
MORRIS, LEVARDO
NICHOLAS, BRIA
RIDOUT, ADORAH
STARKS, BROOKLYN
THOMAS, JORDAN WHITAKER, CONALD
Virginia Union University Gospel Choir
ADAMS, JORDAN
BROWN, PAIGE
BROWN, TARSHA
BUSH, JAH’SIER
DAVIS, CHARITY
DONALDSON, AUSTIN
EASLEY, OLIVIA
JAKYRA GRAY
GRAY, SYDNEY
HILL, CIERRA
HUNT-QUARLES, ALEXANDRIA
JOHNSON III, JAMES
JONES, CHARLIE
JONES, SHYHEIM
MORRIS, LEVARDO
OLIVER, JOHN
OVERTON, CASEY
PRINGLE, JADAH
RIDOUT, ADORAH
SEARLES, KORTNI
STARKS, BROOKLYN
THOMAS, JORDAN
WILLIAMS, YOLANDA
BAND: DAHLMAN, PATRICK
COLLINS, JUSTIN
PRAYES, CHARLES
TURNER, ANTHONY
First Thursday Jazz Band 2026
CHAVIRA, SERGIO
GARRETT, MASON
HAMILTON, DANIEL
HINES, SAMARI
HURDLE, ISAIAH
JACKSON, JOSIAH
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER
MANGUM, CEODRIC
MCBETH, MALCOLM POTTS, TAYLOR
SHELDON, JEREMIAH
SPANN, ZION
TAYLOR, MAJOR WILLIAMS, JADE
WILSON, KEANDRE
WRIGHT, KYLA