Dr. Mattie Moss Clark Workshop Rehearsal Pt. 2

Dr. Mattie Moss Clark conducted a workshop as part of The Singspiration choir Fall concert weekend. Emmanuel Baptist Church November 1986

[@EOMUZIQ]

This choir generation couldn't handle this type of musical discipline.

[@MaeSekou]

…AT ALL! 😂

[@Edward_Strong1982]

Definitely couldn’t !! I was a teenager when I started singing in a gospel choir back in 97 and my choir director was brutal like her. But the result was always worth it.

[@mrcosmetology1767]

I’ve gotten out of of many California choirs for being this tough

[@paulettefisher-wong4004]

I watched the part between 5:00 and 5:05 like 20 times! LOLOLOL! “Did you get it!?! Well shake your head if you get it!” Chyld they didn’t lie about her intensity. Love her!

[@jayhbiz]

They got it though, didn’t they? 😂😂

[@juliankennedy6267]

“did you get it?… *silence*… DID YOU GHET IT?” Sends me 😂

[@RoyalJukeBox]

😂😂😂😂

[@QuadCogic]

Listen She was NO JOKE!!! She’s needed here today! A lot of people don’t know but she was the First person to have a choir sing in 3 part harmony! The True 1st Lady of Gospel Music!!!

[@geromebrown7582]

TWINKIE WAS 32 years old in this clip & Dr. clark was 61 years old ! ❤❤❤❤ ahead of their time for sure #iconic ❤❤ Detroit legends !

[@tonipatrick-b1q]

Oooweee, I can remember going to her workshops and the young choirs today definitely could not handle this discipline!!!!

[@jclark21218]

imagine being there all day to rehearse and Twinkie THEE Clark eat y'all up in less than 1 minute. whewwww my goodness, what a treat.

[@jayhbiz]

She got her share, too! Someone said Dr. Clark kicked her off the organ once to show her how ‘Hallelujah’ is supposed to be played! 😂😂😂

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

​@@jayhbizThe song that Twinkie wrote..lmao

[@jerome.angelachandler6501]

Good grief!!!!😂😂😂😂 she did too!!!

[@geromebrown7582]

@16:54 auntie carried that intro “praise him for his mighty acts” she was giving them their note 😢❤ #legend

[@jordanwynne6554]

The more I watch this video I see how much of an amazing pitch perfect singer Twinkie is!!! She belts out those parts without any mic with ease!!! Shear Genius

[@msmam4533]

PERFECT you hear me!

[@msmam4533]

Dorinda have said this many times

[@jordanwynne6554]

@@msmam4533 yes Dorinda always makes it known that Twinkie has perfect pitch!!

[@jordanwynne6554]

15:59 - 16:03 Dr. Clark said “gimme that last line Twink!!! And Twinkie vocal control is MAGNIFICENT

[@jordanwynne6554]

Her demand for excellence is AMAZING

[@princechristophermcmillon7562]

There was not one woman in this world that could growl with the depth and power of Twinkie Clark, starting in the 70s. Take a listen, and remind yourself, this is without the help of a sound system and microphone. @19:55 🤯 I hope these new generation Clark Sisters fans can see and hear the originator of so many things today that singers are doing-things Twinkie was doing close to 50 years ago. People really don't understand fully why she's known as the mother of contemporary gospel music. Twinkie had not just a sound, in terms of tone, but she had an anointing that was unmatched. One of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark's biggest fears was that Twinkie would cross over and start not just writing, but also singing secular music because her approach to music was unheard of in that day. Even though the Church of God in Christ called her music and style of the devil and gave her pure hell to change it, Twinkie still remained true and faithful to God. This is why I would never let anyone disrespect this woman's legacy. Yes, Twinkie is a multimillionaire, but can you imagine the wealth, riches, and fame she would have if she had crossed over? Women in those days were seen and not heard, so imagine Twinkie Clark not just being the female Stevie Wonder but also the female Quincy Jones of the world of music, not just limited to gospel. The sacrifices this woman has made for her faith are unheard of, and I believe that's why God could trust her with such a gift and talent, because He knew she would stay true to her calling. The one and only, the mother of contemporary gospel music... Dr. Twinkie Clark. SN: Twinkie had to have the strict and perfectionist mother that she had, or I promise you we would not know the Twinkie Clark that we know, love, respect, and have reverence for today. Dr. Mattie Moss Clark brought something out of Twinkie at a time that nobody but her and God saw, and this is why she invested so much into her. I believe every time she looked at Twinkie, she thought, "I'm looking at my legacy, and if I want my legacy secured, I better birth out of her that which is lying dormant," just as Karen Clark Sheard has and is doing with Kierra Sheard. I promise you Twinkie never saw herself as a genius, and if you listen to her conversations today, she still doesn't see herself as her mother saw in her, and today we are enjoying the fruits of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark's labor. #MyFavTwinkie

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

Everything that you said is true....she doesn't see herself as a genius...that's a good thing because pride is a deadly thing. That's also why she isn't as known for her talents as she should be. She doesn't brag on herself. It's rare to see a humble genius in Gospel

[@kycogicboi]

💯

[@ClarkFan662]

Twinkie is truly humbled and knows where her gifts come from. I would like you to note while Mattie ways is the reason we have the genius in Twinkie but it also caused great harm.

[@MichaelHines-sl3tx]

You are the sunshine was considered to he cross over. Her fears were well founded. I watched a vid and Dorinda talked about how the money started pouring in. But ad the bible said people stop worshipping the creator and worship the creator. If the church was against it then they disobeyed the teachings

[@WhitneyTheGreatest]

@@ClarkFan662 Mattie was flawed, but how exactly did she cause Twinkie "great harm?" If anything, Twinkie selling her songs for a Lincoln, signing a deal with a snake, and running off with John Terrell was the catalyst for most of her problems. If she listened to Mattie she would not have went through any of that. That's why obedience is better than sacrifice. According to the movie, the same snake that robbed Twinkie also tried to get Karen too - but she told her mom aka wise counsel.

[@varie_mac]

Twinkie is carrying this rehearsal

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

She is....but she seems bored lol

[@killlamas57]

@@Dahverin-kk4onvery she wanted to go to nursing school according to the movie 🥴

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

@@killlamas57 this is my first time hearing that. I wish her mother would've allowed her to her her degree

[@bigenuff7663]

I don’t think she was bored. U can see her tryna to get comfortable. Back prob hurting. Mattie prob had her sitting there for hours

[@jordanwynne6554]

​@@killlamas57no Twinkie went to Howard University and study classical music and musical education. But she had to stop after two years because of her role as a musican for her mother and the Nat'l organist for COGIC and her role has the chief writer and musican for the clark sisters

[@jordanwynne6554]

19:55 19:56 19:57 that growl from Twinkie is sending me!!!!

[@bigenuff7663]

No effort she’s a savage I love her

[@geromebrown7582]

I love when Twinkie play “anthems” on the organ 🙌🏽 🎹

[@c.oliver5224]

TWINKIE AND THIS GROWWWLLLLL !! 19:55 She BEEN that girl !! Truly a GOAT 🐐

[@jayhbiz]

😂😂That’s how folk sing nowadays!

[@geromebrown7582]

@@jayhbiz they get it from Twinkie I digress 😅😂❤

[@johnfree3052]

Omg… I miss being in her rehearsals. She was no joke. She knew that choir business and singing. That’s why so many gospel greats love her and her style. That’s why the Clark Sisters legendary. Dr Clark taught them well.

[@BaritonalHaunting]

I was taught to sing with the whole body growing up in the Baptist choirs. I was only 3 years old when Dr. Mattie transitioned in 1994. I’m 33 now and watching THIS, I feel like I’m right there in rehearsal!!!! Phew!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@admeliora4822]

Dr. Moss Clark and The Clark Sisters are quite literally the Gospel Choir and more specifically The COGIC Choir BLUEPRINTS. Dr. introduced the Techniques and created the Operations, Twinkie carefully and soulfully crafted the music. And wjth guidance of God They both created The Sound. The Joyful Noise.

[@mrcosmetology1767]

SAME!

[@admeliora4822]

See my ear kept hearing the offness of the altos and she did to but she respected them and saud "I hear a coupla stronh Altos right in here" and she switched them around. INSTANTLY MAKING THEM SOUND BETTER!!!! SHE TOOK WHAT SHE HAD AND BALANCED THEM OUT. She didn't say for some to sing lounder and others sing more quietly she wants the same power from all and found that sweet spot!!!

[@MaeSekou]

Eediah shata 😂

[@tommyellis3869]

We need teaching like this today in our choirs

[@MaeSekou]

What choirs? 😢

[@geromebrown7582]

@19:51 Twinkie was like mama plzzz u working me hard 😅😂😂😂😂😂 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@fran0594]

Oh how I miss those rehearsals! Dr. Clark and Twinkie came to the ATL twice a year, for Central Georgia jurisdiction Workers Meeting and Holy Convocation under the late Bishop J.D. Husband! Sometimes we would rehearse after our Sunday night services to prepare for our Monday night musicals. She was hard but I loved and enjoyed every bit of it!

[@noreneal7252]

5:01 lol Dr. Clark don’t play 😂💯

[@geromebrown7582]

Kierra know she look like her auntie Twinkie 😢❤❤❤ when Twinkie was younger ❤

[@RoyalJukeBox]

Spitting image including the vocals she sings in the same tones as Twink.

[@andrewbigman2374]

Yes, she is the size of Twinkie!!

[@geromebrown7582]

Dr Clark was no joke 😅❤❤❤❤

[@ProphetessReshawnda]

This Women OF God Will Forever be a legend in the Earth She Didn’t play when it came to singing 🙏🏽📖💃🏽🔥

[@Tonymarquee912]

Um so glad to get a true insight to what her rehearsals were really like and I can say no lies told. I love the clark sisters. Mattie Moss is scolding me right now on my notes lol much love and respect to this family. They have truly touched the world 🌎 🌎🌎

[@5jones7]

We want more... This is awesome. Talk about excellence and biblical teaching. No wonder the Clark sisters are so great!

[@geromebrown7582]

@15:28 I love how Twinkie is watching and studying 📖 her legendary mother taking mental notes … and in awe of how legendary her mother is 🙌🏽 😢❤❤❤

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

She look bored to me...she had been MMC personal organist for over 15 yrs at that time...she knew her mom

[@geromebrown7582]

@@Dahverin-kk4onI get what u saying but she loved to study her mother ❤❤❤

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

@@geromebrown7582 I think she was tired of her mother at that point

[@geromebrown7582]

@@Dahverin-kk4on nah u never get tired of your mother , Mattie made Twinkie who she was ❤😅

[@Dahverin-kk4on]

@@geromebrown7582 I agree that Mattie imparted mental illness in all of her children..

[@alysiadunbar879]

Eveytime I hear or see a video of Dr. Clark, all I hear is an older version of Dorinda. The husky, raspy voice is almost identical.

[@jordanwynne6554]

17:32 17:34 Twinkie’s vocal control is OUTSTANDING

[@geromebrown7582]

And did it in one ☝️ breath 😅 not easy to do at all 🙌🏽 thee Detroit legend ! ❤❤❤

[@willcarruth3951]

I was privileged to be in one of her rehearsals. What an experience it was for me. RIP Dr Mattie Moss Clark!!!

[@sarahdiv2731]

I love lt Sister Dorinda sounds like her Mom Lady Mattie 😊 🎶 🎵

[@RC-ou9qg]

This is amazing to me because only choir directors understand how much endurance it takes on the part of MMC to direct a practice of this nature. That being said, Twinkie was her right arm. ❤

[@cherylstevens8164]

I agree with her 100 percent. Diction and clarity

[@geromebrown7582]

Twinkie know she can play that organ 🙌🏽❤❤

[@dougiemac8417]

I love this!!!! God I remember and miss these kind of Workshop Choir Rehearsals. 😢 🥲

[@roberttaylor5026]

In my town we have workshop choir been having it for 30 years

[@cflo1023]

she DID NOT PLAY! Excellence she wanted and that's just what you give! RIP Dr. Mattie!!!!

[@user-sk1yg9wx1y]

I’m loving the footage!! part 3!

[@angeleen.x648]

Part 2!!! Today has giving me so much joy 😂❤

[@jdcarlos4141]

How I miss her rehearsals

[@lonialyle8036]

This is what I wish I’d had coming up🥰💛💛

[@topvictor34]

Thank you for posting this so that the entire world 🌍 can see Dr. Mattie Moss Clark and Twinkie Clark in rare form. I pray that each of the Clark Sisters see this because this is truly amazing. #COGIC

[@kingmarcthegreat8505]

Wow twinkie really was Mattie’s right hand woman! Gahd lee that “DID YOU GET IT??!!!” Mattie was NOTTTTTTT playing with them!!!!💯

[@shirleystevenson9869]

A MASTER AT WORK !!!😅😅❤❤❤

[@geromebrown7582]

Just thinking how this tiny lady birthed 6 legendary children that a legends in their own right ! Kudos to the Late Dr Clark 🙌🏽 ❤❤❤ Detroit legend ! ❤❤❤

[@junruroland8250]

I knowww

[@musiclover4life407]

This channel is phenomenal! Please please post more vintage Dr Clark

[@jatall2797]

This blessed my whole soul… what a privilege I had to be apart of Mattie rehearsals from a young teen into adulthood… For the record… this is what a NATIONAL CHURCH SHOULD BE DOING AT NATIONAL CONVENTIONS!!!!

[@tonyburns842]

WHAT A GREAT WOMAN OF GOD AND A GREAT WOMAN OF MUSIC!! I LOVE YOU DR MATTIE MOSS CLARK! REST IN HIS GLORY UNTIL WE ALL MEET IN THE SKY!

[@jenniferdavidson1428]

This is truly a classic Dr.MMC is a genius and did anyone else notice this was at the Temple of Deliverance.Twinkie was on her game I enjoyed this video Thank You for sharing this,and Dr.MMC doesn’t have on shoes I Love This Woman Of God ,she can tell if the hole section is singing that is a gifted ear of God.

[@tyraedmonson9677]

YESSSSS

[@milassekasozi9920]

Praise ye The Lord

[@SimplyTomasTheCollection]

💎

[@loyaltee39]

Great informative Mattie moss clark gospel choir archives....Looks like it was towards excellence being on point in his presence, thriving for perfection & a pinch of humor....No shoes & dressed up for Choir Rehearsal......Song was not simple w/ many lyrics.....The songs are much simpler today😁😁...... OMG Twinkie on the organ ..wishing she could go back to Howard University

[@jayhbiz]

The lyrics to this song are in Psalms 150

[@loyaltee39]

@@jayhbiz I was referring to the arrangement and 3 part harmonies....Yeap. thank God Im not just a reader of the word but a doer....

[@atroybennett]

I attended this workshop, and was the only Emmanuel Youth Choir Member in attendance. Did they capture the shoe toss that Dr. Clark was so famous for?🤣🤣🤣

[@jayhbiz]

Unfortunately not! 😂😂This is all the rehearsal footage that was on the tape

[@user-pv7ep6xf5o]

Twinkie pulled that soprano note out with ease at 16:00

[@impactfellowshipchurch]

Lets goooooo!

[@Iamdronteb]

SING AUNTIE TWINKIE!!!!!!

[@milassekasozi9920]

A 🐐 goat? No she was A legend she could tell when you were off A professional 😊

[@Blackdevinesoul]

This is electrifying wait for it twinkie sings the section parts and add growls at the end lol

[@naturesorchestra7636]

The way I jumped up. I thought I was right in front of her lol 😂

[@WonderfullyMadeSuper]

They better get it together 😂

[@user-pv7ep6xf5o]

The tenors always had their part right😅

[@geromebrown7582]

And did 💅🏽 😅

[@randyrashad2919]

And STILL DO 😂🎉😅

[@Untilhecomes85]

My God i was only a uear old😊😊😊

[@jimforbes1892]

At least Dr Clark has soft slippers on. Don’t have to worry about getting a concussion if she throws one of them at you.😂😂😂😂 just a little levity.

[@admeliora4822]

OKAY! COME ON TENORS!!! I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!

[@jordanwynne6554]

This is just AWESOME!! Is there a part three???

[@jayhbiz]

Unfortunately this is all I got: for now! 😎

[@geromebrown7582]

@@jayhbiz plz post more vintage dr Clark plz we the people are begging 🙏🏽 😅😂❤❤❤

[@paulettefisher-wong4004]

At 21:00 she literally put the bad singer further away from her and replaced her with a stronger alto. To the back sis, sorry, lol!!!

[@jayhbiz]

She requested strong altos on that corner more than once

[@geromebrown7582]

Anybody know this song she is teaching “ praise him for his mighty act , praise him on the organ”?

[@musiclover4life407]

Psalms 150. If you search KZbin there’s other vids of Dr Clark and the COGIC choir

[@geromebrown7582]

@@musiclover4life407thank u ❤

[@geromebrown7582]

What song is she teaching ? Name of the song plz ?????

[@MaryChamberlain-rh6pt]

Psalms 150

[@toptenextreme]

Can we see a video of the performance after this rehearsal?

[@jayhbiz]

I wish I had it

[@careenludovick6345]

after twinike sung it The sopranos new the assigment

[@vancemars1174]

19:53 Twinkie had to cut up a lil 😂

[@amaril223]

Anyone know the song they’re rehearsing?

[@milassekasozi9920]

Can't you tell that is Twinkie on the organ

[@tjmuzix]

Do you have the concert?

[@markmountjoy3636]

Do you have any San Francisco 1982 UNAC 5 rehearsals?

[@jayhbiz]

Unfortunately I don’t

[@milassekasozi9920]

Did you get it ?

[@ryannewsome2981]

Is that Twinkie Clark on the organ???

[@jayhbiz]

Of course!

[@geromebrown7582]

But of course 😂❤❤❤❤

[@dlteam06]

What's the name of this song!!??

[@brandonblocton5246]

150 psalms

[@user-pv7ep6xf5o]

Is thst Twinkie at 12:57

[@jayhbiz]

Yup!

[@tabithapryor2952]

Somebody please tell me… where was this?

[@jayhbiz]

San Jose, CA Emmanuel Baptist Church

[@td.2840]

Manu if the greats learned from her, Rev. Rance Allen, Kirk Franklin, etc.

[@MaeSekou]

Kirk Franklin was/is not even in this category. He shouldn’t even be be mentioned among the Saints.

[@PrissyPoodle1922]

I didn't understand what she was saying to the lady. What did she say?

[@jayhbiz]

That lady invited Dr. Clark as a guest for her choir concert and Dr. Clark told her if her choir wasn’t in the workshop, she wasn’t going to listen to them at the concert

[@PrissyPoodle1922]

@@jayhbiz thank you. the volume was low

[@MaeSekou]

@@jayhbizTruthfully I think some of the Singspiration was over Mattie 😂

[@jayhbiz]

@@MaeSekou 😂😂

[@the_officialbrandondixon]

Please tell me there’s a part 3 😭💯🔥

[@jayhbiz]

This is all I have of the rehearsal

[@trennypatterson7412]

Dr. MMC meant business!!! She probably wasn’t this nice to her “girls”. 👀

[@milassekasozi9920]

She only wanted them to do there best for The Lord

[@jonhi1]

The choirs of old lol..we didn't sing with vibrato!....just screaming lol

[@jayhbiz]

They did, it just wasn’t pronounced

[@jonhi1]

@jayhbiz oh u mean the few of us who could SING!? Then your correct lol

[@jayhbiz]

@@jonhi1😂😂

[@baptistabro]

I remember at Williams Temple in Cleveland, she would come to conduct a workshop every May, with the Ohio State Choir. One year, she ignorantly threw a shoe up into the alto section. Two seconds later, one of the altos threw it right back at her. I don't know what she thought would happen. She never tried that stunt again.

[@prosperpetuity7987]

What happened to the alto who did it?

[@brandonblocton5246]

Did that lady get smart with Mattie 23:38 - 24:15

[@jayhbiz]

Probably! They were really close friends and that Lady(Dorothy Thompson)invited Dr. Clark and her girls to be the guests for their annual choir day

[@jamesbutler3960]

I don’t she was staring due to awe and amazement or taking mental notes for that matter. I think she was trying not to start cracking up.

[@irwin8257]

Then was sum lazy Altos

[@randyrashad2919]

Some of yall lying in these comments

[@zacharylavender1568]

No disrespect…she knew nothing about the make-up of the singers voice. Why would tell them to sing hard?

[@MaeSekou]

Dr. Clark knew exactly what she was doing and who she was dealing with.

[@thenumberonetilden]

@@MaeSekouAMEN!!

[@LADYDIVAful]

It’s palpable you never heard Mattie & her Angels finish masterpieces. Dr. Clark's rehearsals were taxing, but their endgames were exemplary.🤍

[@zacharylavender1568]

@@LADYDIVAful of course I have. I did a workshop with her when I was sixteen. It was interesting! LOL

[@levarhoskins9042]

If she was able to hear me..I would tell her that all this stuff they did in church was very UNNECESSARY and designed to glorify FLESH!...not christ..who are we but sinful flesh!?