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“Fight On” by @darnellwhitemusic and @mattpodd was the finale to an amazing cabaret by Darnell and @divalamarr . The way @communitychurchny choir showed up made it so special.

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Live music is actually the cure for doom scrolling. We promise, watching Matt play for the tables will cure what ails you. See ya Thurs! #livemusic #mimijazz #arthurstavern

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Choir member @operasoul performing Make Them Hear You at worship service on October 11, 2026 ❤️

Music direction by @darnellwhitemusic @mattpodd

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Tonight we celebrate Darnell White!

When? October 18th at 7pm
Where? @pangeanyc • 178 2nd Ave, New York
🎟️ Reservation/Ticket link in bio!

FEEL ALRIGHT
A Night of the Music of Darnell White

Are you ready to Feel Alright?!

Join us for an unforgettable evening as MAC Award and Lucille Lortel Award winner Darnell White reunites with New York’s premier host and Vibe Queen, Diva LaMarr, to celebrate Darnell’s original music.

Featuring songs Darnell has written since the beginning of the 21st century, the evening will take audiences on a musical journey through his unique voice as a composer, performer, and storyteller. Some songs are autobiographical—although Diva might tell you they were all written for her.
….We’ll let you be the judge.

They will be joined by @mattpodd on the keys.
And special guest @nathan__music 🎵

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DARNELL WHITE (he/him)
A native of Harlem, New York, Darnell White is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and The Juilliard School. A celebrated performer, composer, musical director, and vocal coach, Darnell has collaborated with artists including Melba Moore, Brian McKnight, Art Garfunkel, and Ron Carter and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Birdland, and other major New York venues. He has served as Musical Director for the Off-Broadway productions Revelation and Pray, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award. Darnell is also a MAC Award winner for Best Downtown Piano Bar Instrumentalist.

DIVA LAMARR (they/she)
Diva LaMarr is an award-winning NYC performer, cabaret headliner, and host whose career has taken her from stages across the country to the high seas. Recent highlights include starring as Audrey II in the groundbreaking reimagining of Little Shop of Horrors and as the Emcee in Cabaret. Diva has headlined venues including The Nines and The Special Club and has appeared at Lincoln Center and in concerts for the Mabel Mercer Foundation and American Songbook Association. A recipient of the 2021 Julie Wilson Award, Diva currently hosts Broadway’s Night Off every Monday at Madame George.

#nyc #nightlife #originalmusic #queer #cabaret

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Birthday was a few days ago so here’s a fall dump! So grateful for all my friends and a great end to 27!! 🥰🥰

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It is said that the greatest thing that one can do when in a new place is to share your culture and to learn the culture of the new people around you.

Last week before I left NYC I taught my favorite choir, at my favorite church in the city @firstchurchbrooklyn a song by my home pastor Dr. C. Ronald S. Williams II

“Worship Jesus” is a song that The Voices of Koinonia has been singing for over 40 years. Pastor is one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation with his songs transcending space, and time going to all corners of the earth. Being sung by younger generations of singers and choirs all over this planet. This song has been especially special in my own Christian journey having sung it with my own family & friends (many of us having been members of The Voices, this last 40 years).

To take this piece of home and leave it with my NYC family was just beyond a blessing. It is even more poignant for me as I will return to The Voices of Koinonia this morning for the first time in over 8 years as a choir member. Yesterday when I was in choir rehearsal at Mt. Zion Fellowship “The Tabernacle”, I realized I was exactly where I was supposed to be and that everything done in God’s time is in fact on time.

My heart’s with the FPC Choir and I look forward to returning to NYC later this year to join them in concert.

Amy Neuner, Director
@mattpodd , 🎹
@alexwrightsings , 🎤

Amy, Matt and the entire FPC community hold such a space in my heart and in my spirit. I learned so much from them both and from this incredible community. To find a place that was in fact home, away from home is an endless blessing ❤️✝️🏡

#nyc #worship #choir #choirdirector #singers

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You are invited to an evening celebrating the one and only: Darnell White! ❤️

When? October 18th at 7pm
Where? @pangeanyc • 178 2nd Ave, New York
🎟️ Reservation/Ticket link in bio!

FEEL ALRIGHT
A Night of the Music of Darnell White

Are you ready to Feel Alright?!

Join us for an unforgettable evening as MAC Award and Lucille Lortel Award winner Darnell White reunites with New York’s premier host and Vibe Queen, Diva LaMarr, to celebrate Darnell’s original music.

Featuring songs Darnell has written since the beginning of the 21st century, the evening will take audiences on a musical journey through his unique voice as a composer, performer, and storyteller. Some songs are autobiographical—although Diva might tell you they were all written for her.
….We’ll let you be the judge.

They will be joined by @mattpodd on the keys.

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DARNELL WHITE (he/him)
A native of Harlem, New York, Darnell White is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and The Juilliard School. A celebrated performer, composer, musical director, and vocal coach, Darnell has collaborated with artists including Melba Moore, Brian McKnight, Art Garfunkel, and Ron Carter and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Birdland, and other major New York venues. He has served as Musical Director for the Off-Broadway productions Revelation and Pray, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award. Darnell is also a MAC Award winner for Best Downtown Piano Bar Instrumentalist.

DIVA LAMARR (they/she)
Diva LaMarr is an award-winning NYC performer, cabaret headliner, and host whose career has taken her from stages across the country to the high seas. Recent highlights include starring as Audrey II in the groundbreaking reimagining of Little Shop of Horrors and as the Emcee in Cabaret. Diva has headlined venues including The Nines and The Special Club and has appeared at Lincoln Center and in concerts for the Mabel Mercer Foundation and American Songbook Association. A recipient of the 2021 Julie Wilson Award, Diva currently hosts Broadway’s Night Off every Monday at Madame George.

#nyc #nightlife #originalmusic #queer #cabaret

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Shower the people you love with love! Our choir performed James Taylor's Shower the People this past Sunday, October 4th.

Music direction by the brilliant @mattpodd & @darnellwhitemusic

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So much fun, Mimi and the Podds with Skye Hamilton-Carranza on multiple horns! Thank you all🎼🫶🏻

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"More Waters Rising" was written by Saro Lynch-Thomason in 2016, after the HB2 "bathroom bill" was passed in North Carolina, one of many pieces of legislation that have restricted the rights of trans people in this country over the past several years. Here, Music Director @darnellwhitemusic reflects on the @poddbrothers arrangement that our choir sings, and what the song means to him as a symbol of resilience for all people facing down against powers that attempt to drown them out. We will walk through the fires and rebuild the mountains, together ❤️

Link to a full performance of this piece in our bio!

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new treble piece coming mid-October! @indiaarie “Soulbird Rise” for SSA choir
thanks to the great singers (tagged) on this demo!

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here comes some Tenor-Bass gorgeousness! special thanks to the these singers: @jaredgraveley @farkmarnum @lordebarrington
coming soon to a music retailer near you! (mid-Oct) #tenorbass #ttbb #choir #bobdylan

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