Damien Sneed’s Third Annual Levites’ Gathering International Conference, “Embracing The Prophetic—1 Corinthians 14:1,” held at The Cathedral at Greater Faith in the Bronx, New York was a huge success. Bishop Michel White-Haynes, Senior Pastor of Cathedral at Greater Faith hosted the event. “This year’s Levites’ Gathering completely superseded my expectations,” says founder Sneed. “We had multiple delegates from South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, as well as other U.S. cities. Each session was presented with a high level of excellence including a stellar group of presenters and the evening services were powerfully charged.”
In addition to The Levites’ Gathering International Annual event, Sneed will produce a series of regional events throughout the year. The conference is a forum for music ministers, musicians, psalmists, praise and worship leaders, sound engineers, gospel music industry leaders and more. This year’s sessions included international guest speakers Bishop Iona Locke, Prophet Todd Hall, Pastor Kim Burrell, Prophet Andre Cook, Pastor Juandolyn Stokes, Pastor Jonathan Shaw, Pastor John Paul McGee, Pastor San Franklin and Pastor Chantel Wright. Other presenters included Evangelist Rita Womack, Apostle James Duncan, Evangelist Sheilah Vickers, Evangelist Tekesha Russell, Elder Justin Cunningham, Karla Scott, Stanley Brown, Gwendolyn Quinn, Loren Dawson, Steven White and LaTonya Wrenn. Musical artists included Trevon Perry & Divine Purpose, Mike Willis & The Called, Lynette Rhett McNeil, Matia Washington, Tiffany Andrews Woodside, Markita Knight, Cory Campbell, Vincent Bohanan & SOV, Anthony Faulkner, and Damien Sneed & The Levites
As a recognized leader in Gospel and Christian music, The Levites’ Gathering International is an extension of Sneed’s ministry and educational pursuits. Sneed is an Artist-in-Residence at Nyack Christian College in New York City. He is also an adjunct professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Sneed is a graduate of John S. Davidson Fine Arts School in Augusta, and he has studied at some of the finest conservatories and universities, including Howard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music—Piano Performance; the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University; New York University, where he earned a Master of Music in Music Technology: Scoring for Film and Multimedia; and the Manhattan School of Music. In 2010, he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Music from the Christian Bible Institute and Seminary. In June 2015, Sneed established the Damien Sneed Performing Arts Institute, a division of the Damien Sneed Foundation.
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