Cece Winans, Anthony Brown, and JJ Hairston To Play MLK Celebration At NJPAC

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents MLK Celebration. Be inspired by the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at NJPAC's annual musical tribute, an all-star gospel celebration featuring Cece Winans, Anthony Brown & group therAPy, JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, and a special guest speaker to be announced on Friday, January 18, 2019 8:00 PM.

This year's celebration will feature 12-time GRAMMY Award winner Cece Winans, one of the best-selling female gospel and R&B artists of all time. Winans has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and has sold in excess of 5 million albums in the U.S. alone. Her latest recording, 2017's Let Them Fall in Love, was described by Positively Gospel as "a vibrant, soul-stirring masterpiece."

Since the release of his self-titled, 2012 debut album and its smash hit single, "Testimony," singer, songwriter and arranger Anthony Brown has become one of the newest gospel stars on the scene. Along with his longtime ensemble, group therAPy, Brown earned his first GRAMMY Award nomination for the 2015 album, Everyday Jesus, which also earned an unprecedented 10 Stellar Awards.

Songwriter and choir director JJ Hairston and his exuberant ensemble, Youthful Praise, earned a 2018 GRAMMY Award nomination for their acclaimed, traditional gospel LP, You Deserve It, which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Airplay Chart. That acclaimed LP, the group's seventh best-seller, was also nominated for multiple Dove and Stellar awards

Tickets to see MLK Celebration: Cece Winans, Anthony Brown & JJ Hairston go on sale Friday, June 1st at 10 AM. For tickets visit NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or the NJPAC Box Office.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, N.J., has the most diverse programming and audience of any performing arts center in the country, and is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey - where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state's and the world's best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted more than 8 million visitors (including over 1.6 million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.

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