Damien Sneed Presents ‘Everyone Has a Place’ at a Series of Film Festivals This Summer Sneed’s Choral LeChateau Makes Film Debut
buzzz worthy. . .
(New
York, NY – July 20, 2015) – Multi-genre recording artist and the
Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient Damien
L. Sneed presents Everyone Has a
Place at a series of film festivals this summer. Sneed stars in the
documentary alongside his mentor, Pulitzer Prize winner and nine-time
GRAMMY®
Award winner, Wynton Marsalis in the new PBS film by Dennis Scholl of the Knight
Foundation and Marlon Johnson, a six-time Emmy award-winning producer and
director. Earlier this year, Everyone Has
a Place premiered on Charlotte’s PBS station WTVI and Detroit’s PBS station
WTVS. The film captures his journey
as the musical conductor of the 2013 historic performance of the Abyssinian Mass
by Wynton Marsalis during the 16-city national tour. The film also features the
world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Sneed’s 70-piece
Chorale LeChateau. The
documentary was filmed at Charlotte’s Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Everyone Has a Place will air this fall
during the 2015 and 2016 seasons on over 150 local PBS stations across the
country.
Sneed
recently presented Everyone Has a
Place at the Macon Film Festival in Macon, GA; upcoming screenings include
the BlackStar Film Festival (August 1) and the Capital City Black Film Festival
(August 13-15). Everyone Has a
Place marks
the film debut of Sneed’s 200 member Chorale LeChateau. Founded by Sneed in 2009, Choral
LeChateau has gained a global reputation for its vivid interpretations of vocal
literature, from Renaissance period pieces to art songs to jazz, spirituals,
gospel, and avant garde contemporary music. Members hail from various parts of
the world and come from various performing arts institutions and venues such as
The Juilliard School, The Metropolitan Opera, Howard University, Yale
University, The City University of New York and more. Ensemble members include
professionals, GRAMMY® Award winners, college professors, students
and ministers. Chorale LeChateau has performed in concerts and other events
around the world. The live recording of Abyssinian
Mass featuring
Chorale LeChateau
will be released on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records; no release
date has been scheduled at this time.