World House Choir

04/28/2026

04/24/2026

Tomorrow is the day! Saturday, April 25, 2026. Join us for "Give Your Hands to Struggle" at the John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District, starting at 3 PM for the pre-talk, followed by the concert at 4 PM. Two choirs. One stage. A world of change! 🌎

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GIVE YOUR HANDS TO STRUGGLE (In Concert)
Feat. MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir + World House Choir
📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy Christian Ministries
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

04/22/2026

AS A BONUS: To honor Reagon’s legacy as an activist, historian, and scholar, the choirs have invited two distinguished speakers for 3pm pre-concert talks:
👑 Dr. Tammy Kernodle of Miami University, currently writing a book on Reagon
👑 Dr. Portia Maultsby, professor emerita at Indiana University, who has known Reagon since their work together at the Smithsonian in the 1970s.
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GIVE YOUR HANDS TO STRUGGLE (In Concert)
Feat. MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir + World House Choir
📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy Christian Ministries
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

04/21/2026

“I do not remember learning ‘Wade in the Water’; I remember just always singing it in school and church. We sang ‘Wade in the Water’ and ‘Oh Freedom’ as spirituals and freedom songs during the Civil Rights Movement.” — Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
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GIVE YOUR HANDS TO STRUGGLE (In Concert)
Feat. MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir + World House Choir
📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy Christian Ministries
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

04/20/2026

For the upcoming concert (even in rehearsal) voices ring out in remembrance, in celebration, in protest, and in declaration of a brighter tomorrow. ✨ Raise your voices with us as we present GIVE YOUR HANDS TO THE STRUGGLE: a tribute celebrating Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock.


🎥 Feat. MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir + World House Choir
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JOIN 150 VOICES OF COMBINED CHOIRS
📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy Christian Ministries
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

04/19/2026

“For I had reasoned this out in my mind...there were one of two things I had a right to... liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other...” -An excerpt from Harriet Tubman's slave narrative, as recorded by Sarah Bradford.

📷: Combined rehearsal feat. MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir + World House Choir @ Antioch College
for the upcoming concert GIVING YOUR HANDS TO THE STRUGGLE 🎵
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📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater at Springfield City School District
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy Christian Ministries
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)
🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

04/11/2026

A voice for justice. A call to remember and rise.

“Give Your Hands to Struggle: a Tribute & Celebration of Bernice Johnson Reagon” brings two choirs together (World House Choir & MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir) through songs that have moved generations, including Ella’s Song, I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom, and more.

In a time for reflection and action, this is more than a concert. It's an experience!
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📍 Springfield | John Legend Theater
April 25, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)

📍 Cincinnati | House of Joy
May 2, 4PM (Pre-talk at 3PM)

🎟️ Get tickets: musechoir.org

https://youtu.be/FdwnubPDR0E?si=axPjoipugVyMBSBI

Musician and civil rights activist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon has died. She used her alto voice and carefully penned lyrics to bring attention to the racism ...