Ravinia Family Fun Guide 2019

14 R A V I N I A FA M I LY F U N G U I D E KIDS CONCERTS : a.m. Saturday, June Martin Theatre Vy Higginsen’s Sing Harlem Choir The four-time award-winning Vy Higginsen’s Sing Harlem Choir was formed out of the Gospel for Teens program founded in  by legendary radio personality and producer Vy Higginsen to be the break-out choir for The Mama Foundation for the Arts’ Music School of Gospel, Jazz, and R&B. Over the years, under the direction of Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson and Elijah Ahmad Lewis, the choir has grown to be a highly respected and influential force in the New York gospel scene, producing not only great vocalists, but top-notch global citizens. Sing Harlem Choir has performed at many prestigious venues, programs, and concerts across America, including for the Congressional Black Caucus, the Stellar Awards, New York Fashion Week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, and the Grammy Awards. The choir has given televised performances on such programs as Wonderama , Nickelodeon’s Halo Awards, Saturday Night Live , The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , CBS’s The Early Show , The View , and Minutes , as well as on the MTV, HGTV, and BET networks, often appearing alongside such artists as Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Alessia Cara, Madonna, Pharrell, Marc Cohn, Eddie Vedder, SZA, and Moby, among many others.