An Evening with Twinkie Clark: A Conversation and Recital

April 10, 2024 at 6 PM

James Room, Swartz Hall
Harvard Divinity School

SPEAKERS:

Twinkie Clark

Twinkie Clark is an award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, musician, music educator, and evangelist. She is the creative force propelling gospel group The Clark Sisters to international fame. With hits including “You Brought the Sunshine” and “Is My Living in Vain,” she and her sisters are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. Twinkie Clark is a Hammond Organ Hall of Fame member.
 

Charrise Barron

Charrise Barron is an ethnomusicologist and historian of African American religious culture. She is a faculty member in the Harvard University Department of Music.
 

Damien Sneed

Damien Sneed is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, conductor, arranger, and producer. He is a Department of Music faculty member at Howard University.
 

Featuring:

Dean Teddy Hickman-Maynard
HDS Associate Dean for Ministry Studies
 
Bryant “Deuce” Thomas II
Percussionist

PROGRAM:

Welcome

Dean Hickman-Maynard

Piano Performance

Twinkie Clark

Keynote Conversation

Facilitated by Charrise Barron and Damien Sneed

Organ Performance

Twinkie Clark

Audience Q&A

Facilitated by Charrise Barron and Damien Sneed

Closing Remarks

SPECIAL THANKS:

Dean Marla F. Frederick
Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, John Lord O’Brian Professor of Divinity, and Professor of Religion and Culture

Dean Teddy Hickman-Maynard
Harvard Divinity School Associate Dean of Ministry Studies

Leslie MacPherson
Departmental Administrator, Harvard Divinity School Office of Ministry Studies

Carolyn Abbate
Harvard University Department of Music Chair
 

Sponsors and Affiliates:

Harvard Divinity School Office of Ministry Studies