(Painting by John Jones of live performance)
The Spiritual Singers perform extensively over the South East at colleges, concert halls, and churches, Fortune 500 convention and the Kellogg Foundation convention, and in several television productions which includes a documentary for the Australian Television Network, and The Porgy and Bess documentary “An American Dream.” The Spiritual Singers represented South Carolina at the State Capital when the Spirituals were proclaimed as the official State Songs.
Alphonso Brown is presently the fifth organist/choirmaster of Mt. Zion. He is a graduate of South Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in music, and a master’s degree from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Professional memberships and affiliations includes:
SC Band Directors Association, SC Music Educators Association, National Educators Association, former member and one of the choral director of The Choraliers Music Club Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., former violinist with The Charleston Symphony Orchestra, The American Hymn Society, and the American Guild of Organist.