A Soulful Gift to the Community: Music Workshop & Finale Concert with The Black Breath Collective
Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door (Online ticket sales end at 6:30pm on the day of the show)
Performer ticket $15: includes two rehearsals and your star time on stage!!
COME SING WITH US!
A Soulful Gift to the Community: Music Workshop & Finale Concert
Led by Waverly Alston – 30+ Years of Inspiring Voices
With special neighborhood guests including Bethlehem Roberson, Warren B. Cooper, and Christopher Murray.
Have you ever wanted to be part of something bigger than yourself? To feel the power of voices rising together in harmony, laughter, and purpose?
Join us for a community music workshop and finale concert — a heart-opening experience where we’ll come together as neighbors, friends, and fellow music lovers to sing, connect, and celebrate the joy of collective sound.
What to Expect:• Learn to sing choral-style in a warm, welcoming environment• Discover how to listen, blend, and breathe as one voice• Sing your favorite songs — with uplifting twists of fun, joy, and soulful reflection• No experience necessary — just bring your heart and your voice!
Your Guide: Waverly Alston, MA, with over 30 years of experience, Waverly Alston has taught everyone from professional vocalists to first-time singers what it means to sing in community — not just to hit the notes, but to find harmony in humanity.
The Grand Finale Concert:Cap it all off with a powerful performance for the community — a moment of unity, joy, and celebration that will lift spirits and remind us what’s possible when we raise our voices together.
Workshop Dates: August 21 & 22
Finale Concert: August 23
Come as you are. Leave lifted. This is more than a music workshop — it’s a reminder of what we can create together.
Waverly Alston, Jr.
Waverly Alston, Jr., MA, is a seasoned music minister, composer, and community leader with over 25 years of experience in gospel music and healing-centered engagement. He is the founder of the Black Breath Collective, a powerful ensemble of professional vocalists dedicated to inspiring through music. The group has performed at major venues including the Kimmel Center, Annenberg Center, FOX Television, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Waverly’s work goes beyond performance—he leads community gospel workshops that rekindle the love of singing and deepen the understanding of gospel’s spiritual roots. As an outreach minister, ministry consultant, adjunct professor, and master’s-level therapist, he brings together music, therapy, and faith to foster transformation, especially among urban male populations. His passion lies in creating spaces where music meets healing, and where communities are reawakened to purpose and possibility.
Bethlehem Roberson
Bethlehem Roberson is an exceptionally talented singer/songwriter/Vocussionist from the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Raised in an actively church-going family, she watched her father and uncles’ gospel group, “The Traveling Disciples” Gospel Quartet, she became steeped in the traditions of gospel music. In 2000, she came back to her Hebrew culture and merged her highly emotive gospel background with the formally studied traditions of Judaism.
Warren B. Cooper
son of Rev. Dr. J. Jerome Cooper Warren grew up on the front lines, and on the cutting edge, of The Movement. His worldview was shaped by the dual reality of growing up as a Black male in the shadow of Philadelphia’s 1964 race riots, and the influence of his father’s commitment to reaching (from a Spiritual Center) across cultures and sectors to build bridges of Beloved Community.
Live! All were calibrated to translate Justice Principles of Peace through a focused (inter)faith lens and connect ‘ways of Seeing’ with tangible ways of Being (becoming) one Human Community.
the founding host and producer of OVATIONS Gospel Music Radio on the Temple National Public Radio Network. With careers in Pennsylvania state politics, New Church Development Ministry and Community Organizing, Warren has also served as a Teaching Artist for the Ensemble Arts Philly
Education Program, and as an Arts Administrator for the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, where he is about to begin an Artist Residency.
Christopher Murray
Christopher Murray is a soulful jazz and blues singer based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While influenced by artists such as Al Jarreau, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Will Downing, and Stevie Wonder, his voice always aims to be one-of-a-kind through countless years of experience singing for church and all around the city. His backing band, Soul Frequency, ranging anywhere from 4 to 10 musicians at a time, incorporates a mix of genres surrounding the jazz bubble, from R&B to latin to hip-hop rap and more. It’s because of Chris Murray’s powerful singing and the versatility of the individuals in Soul Frequency that they are able to deliver fresh, theatrical, and original takes on popular classic hits such as Summertime, Nature Boy, My Way, and many more. Chris Murray & Soul Frequency always strive to perform at festivals and major venues where they know the frequencies of souls resonate with their music the most. No matter what kind of crowd, Chris Murray is no stranger to always welcoming a crowd in ways they can be heartfelt by whatever happens on stage. The debut album, “CLASSICS,” released in January 2025 on all streaming platforms. Two singles for the album were released prior (“I Just Dropped By to Say Hello” and “My Way”), and there are also two official music videos from the album (“I Just Dropped By to Say Hello” and “Summertime”
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By Car or By Train
The East Falls Train Station is a short walk from the Fallser Club. Parking in East Falls is no problem! There is ample free on-street parking near the East Falls train station driveway at 3610 Midvale Ave and a paid municipal lot three blocks away at 4100 Ridge Ave. Midvale Ave and Ridge Ave are both well-lit!