God's Purchase

    The story behind God’s Purchase gospel choir is a pretty unique one.  It all started the first day of school in the fall of 2008 at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts in Buffalo, New York.  That was the year George Brown (founder and director) stepped into the classroom as a substitute teacher after his brother, Darren, was named principal of the school.

After getting to know many of the students, especially the special group of seniors he had in his homeroom, he began to talk about many things in the classroom, and one of the topics was his job as a choir director at his church.  He noticed the number of “church” kids that were currently attending the school as many of them were vocal majors.  Mr. Brown’s classroom quickly became the gospel choir’s audition room.  

This talented group of students was the start of something very special and the group continued to grow in number and popularity.  

After the gospel choir’s first public performance at the St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church, for the New Beginning Choral Ensemble’s anniversary concert, they quickly became the talk of the school as students now wanted an opportunity to be a part of something special.

 By the following year, the choir would be one of the first high school choirs in the city of Buffalo to ever record and release a CD.  Their first project “George L. Brown presents God’s Purchase- the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts gospel choir” can be found on Amazon, CD Baby and iTunes.  The choir's second project: ACT II (released in 2022) can be found on all streaming outlets.  The name change from a “high school choir” to the community choir- God’s Purchase was made because of the demand from other young people (not attending the school) to be a part of what was going on in the choir’s ministry.  The group’s members also realized that they didn’t want to stop singing after high school and the group is currently made up  of graduates and many more singers from all over the western New York area.  

The choir is entering its nineteenth year and prays that they continue to make Buffalo proud while doing the Lord's work!

"WE ARE NOT JUST A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT; BUT A FORM OF MINISTRY!"