The Collingsworth Family, a nationally acclaimed gospel music ensemble, will be featured in a rare Inland Southern California concert on Wednesday, May 2. Their appearance, sponsored by Calimesa Community Concerts as part of its 32nd annual music series, will be at 7 p.m. that day in the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Reserved-seat tickets for the event are on sale now for $10, $15, and $20 from online ticket broker iTickets.com, either at the agency’s Web site or by telephone, announces concert series founder-coordinator Dr. Bob Soderblom. The telephone order number is (800) 965-9324, Soderblom adds, and major credit cards are accepted.
Parents Phil and Kim Collingsworth began their rise in contemporary gospel music performance as a duo in the mid-1980s before evolving into a family vocal and instrument group. Performing and recording with their parents in recent years have been all four Collingsworth children, now young adults and accomplished musicians in their own right. Daughters Brooklyn and Courtney (violins and vocals), Olivia (vocals), and son Philip (vocals) are integral to the family ensemble on its current “That Day Is Coming” concert tour. Father Phil is featured in vocals and on trumpet, and mother Kim (vocals) is an award-winning pianist and arranger who accompanies both vocal and instrumental pieces.
The musical Collingsworths have released a string of successful praise and worship albums and video recordings in recent years, including two in the Billboard Christian Albums Top Ten chart and 20 in the Top Forty listing. Gospel Music Association “Dove” awards recognized the family’s recordings in 2015 and 2016, as did a Grammy Award nomination in 2017.
A recorded telephone line with free information about the Calimesa concert is at (909) 795-4960.
The church site for the May 2 event is at 391 Myrtlewood Drive, Calimesa. Those in attendance will be welcome at a reception following the concert, with light refreshments and an opportunity to visit with the Collingsworth family members, according to the concert series announcement.