{"id":24,"date":"2010-11-13T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2019-12-06T00:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T04:45:32","slug":"artist-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/artist-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"WARREN (B) COOPER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ARTIST BIO<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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WARREN (B) COOPER<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACRED JAZZ TEACHING & PERFORMANCE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Dedicated Voice for Justice & Peace<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Warren Cooper<\/strong> is a seasoned performance artist from Philadelphia, PA who is a Dedicated Voice for Justice & Peace.\u00a0 He is a Musician and Composer, who is a Producer and Broadcaster, who runs a Production Company that Nurtures The Movement For Non-Violent Justice Peace.<\/p>\n

Warren has been a professional musician since the age of 9. \u00a0As a vocal specialist, writer and composer, Warren seeks to give voice to the matters Human Rights and the Sanctity of our Planet.\u00a0 As the oldest son of a Presbyterian Minister Warren\u2019s roots are in Hymns and Gospel and Jazz, even as he expresses in all genres.\u00a0 As a performance artist and musician Warren pursues virtuosity as an ultimate vehicle of expression.\u00a0 His passion for Environmental Justice and Spiritual Health yields a uniquely flavored approach to putting a Message In The Music<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s latest release CHRISTMASTIME 2 CREATION<\/em><\/strong> (on the RAD.REV.RECORDS\/Orchard\/Sony<\/strong> Label) is an invitation to focus the gregarious spirit of the Christmastime Holiday Season into our care for the Planet Earth.\u00a0 It Subtitles as The Controversially Christmas Compilation because the selections both Celebrate The Season, AND Challenge Our Reason for Celebration.\u00a0 The Collection is from various projects, and features the Praise Dance Club Exercise Song IT’S ME! (Standing In The Need of Prayer).<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 The Release Date Is: November 29, 2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Warren is the featured vocalist and\/or music director for a number of ensembles (including The Warren Cooper Sacred Jazz Ensemble, The Faith Fusion Contusion, <\/strong>and Anointed Praise) <\/strong>and has been a featured performer at the Philadelphia Kimmel Center, the Washington National Cathedral and the Chautauqua Institution as well as Jazz Festivals, Churches and Arenas around the world. As a Worship Specialist and Vocal Clinician, Warren also conducts Choral Workshops and Worship Development Seminars that explore techniques and strategies for the practical integration of Jazz, Contemporary and Transformational Forms of Worship into traditional and multicultural frames.<\/p>\n

As a composer and arranger, Warren has debuted works internationally in the sacred, secular, choral and popular music genres as well as Themed Oratorios focused on Spiritual Transformation and Peacemaking. \u00a0He also serves as a Teaching Artist and Jazz Vocal Instructor for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Education Program<\/strong>\u00a0 in Philadelphia, PA.<\/p>\n

Warren currently serves as Curator of Jazz Worship Ministry<\/em> for Old Pine Presbyterian Church,\u00a0and is the founder of the Interfaith Jazz Vesper of Thanksgiving, <\/em>and<\/em> The Balm In Gilead Jazz Worship Series.<\/em>\u00a0 He is also the founding host and producer of the Gospel Music Radio Program OVATIONS<\/strong><\/em>, currently in its 26th<\/sup> year of broadcast. The show airs Sunday mornings from 6:00a \u2013 9:00a EST <\/strong><\/em>on the WRTI 90.1 FM Temple Public Radio Network in Philadelphia<\/strong><\/em>, which broadcasts throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, northern Delaware and internationally on I-Tunes Radio and @ www.wrti.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having also dedicated more than 30 years to the research of media science and the use of Sound as a mental, physical and spiritual healing agent, Warren released (in 2007) the first in a scheduled series of Therapeutic Worship Music CDs entitled Healing Through Worship In Praise<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Warren’s last year’s release was his first in 11 years!\u00a0 It is under the moniker Warren B<\/strong>, and is a collaboration with his guitar compatriot Shawn Q<\/strong> Qaissaunee, and childhood friend Leon E<\/strong>. Alexander, Jr. called GUITARS & VOICES…Talking About Choices<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It is a poignent and\u00a0 passionate artistic commentary on the Stinging Truths of our current Time – and a simultaneous presentation of the Seminal Solutions that are called for in light of Hope for the Better.\u00a0 Warren is the Executive Producer for Music Media Ministry \u2013 <\/strong>a Philadelphia, PA based Media Broadcast Production Company that is pioneering new pathways into, Church Health, Ministry Growth and Peacemaking Production and Promotion.<\/p>\n

As the founder of The Philadelphia Peace Initiative <\/strong>and a member of the Community of Living Traditions<\/strong> at Stony Point Center, Warren has fully committed himself to the alchemy of forging a Justice Focused Peace \u2013 personally, locally and globally. In this Ministry and beyond, Warren continues to blaze new trails in the Evolution of Traditional Christian and Interfaith Worship Liturgy, and into the Innovative Resourcing of 21st<\/sup> Century Visions for Interfaith Ministry Partnerships that actively engage in Peacemaking Witness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are Times that call for us to be fully conscious concerning the threats that challenge our civilized co-existence on this planet, and to fully dedicate ourselves to realizing solutions for these challenges.\u00a0 We are called to honor the Earth and to honor each human participant in the Earth\u2019s eco-system.\u00a0 All Art must speak of a Vision that Values Life, represents the requirement for Equitable Justice and manifests the priority of Sustainable Peace.\u00a0 The access to this Transformative Vision is in our Worship\u2026so\u2026May we find our days filled with Praise\u2026Amen.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Warren (B) Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

wcooper@MusicMediaMinistry.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

@warrenbcooper \u2013 Twitter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Music Media Ministry \u2013 888.587.3533<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>OVATIONS Gospel Music Radio \u2013 <\/strong>www.wrti.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 – LISTEN LIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sundays 6:00a \u2013 9:00a EST & Archived at <\/strong>www.musicmediaministry.com\/MMM\/Ovations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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