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Gospel Music Workshop of America
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Gospel Music Workshop of America is an international music convention founded by the late Rev. James Cleveland in 1967.
Cleveland held the first GMWA convention in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 at King Solomon Baptist Church. Approximately 3,000 delegates attended. The GMWA typically holds its conventions beginning on the second Sunday of August. The conventions include workshops and musical performances during the week and attract 12,000 to 15,000 registrants annually.
Active GMWA Membership ranges from professional and amateur gospel vocalists to instrumentalists, composers, arrangers, directors and producers, and the like. According to its official website, approximately 75% of the music on Billboard's Gospel Charts is written, arranged, produced, or performed by GMWA members. The GMWA also has chapters in the United States, United Kingdom, the Carribean, Europe, and Asia.
A mass choir of 2,000 to 3,000 vocalists is formed at each GMWA convention, and year a new recording is produced. GMWA offshoots who also record include GMWA Women of Worship, GMWA Men of Promise, and the GMWA Youth Choir.
- Rt. Rev. Dr. Albert L. Jamison Sr., Chair, Board of Directors
- Mrs. Sheila Smith, Director of Operations
- Mr. Mark Smith, Convention Manager
- GMWA Official Site
