The Chicago Mass Choir was founded in 1988 by James C. Chambers, and it is part of the ECC Music Workshop. Their debut album was issued in 1991; that year they were named Best New Artist at the Gospel Music Excellence Awards. In May 2011 they recorded the XV Live Album, recorded live at the TBN Studio Auditorium in Hendersonville, Tennesee.

The Chicago Mass Choir has collaborated with a big number of stars and first class productions: Bob Dylan in Gotta Have Somebody. Umphrey's Mc Gee. The greek band Onirama. Dr. Bobby Jones Show. Three Mo Tenors, musical. The Colored Purple, musical.

Concerts and tours: The choir has often concerts at the Chicago Gospel Festival, the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans and the Staple Center in Los Angeles. In Europe, they have toured since 2003 in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Germany and since 2011 in Spain.


Prizes and Nomination

2009: Stellar Award for the Best Choir of the Year, the Best Traditional Gospel CD and the Best Song "God is my Everything"
2005: Dove, Grammy and Stellar Awards.
2004: Grammy and Stellar Awards
2002: Choir of the Year, Grammy and Stellar Awards
2000: Chicago Music Award to the Best Gospel CD of the Year


Director Percy E.Gray Jr. 2005 Stellar Award Winner, Grammy, and Dove Award Nominee is considered to be one the nation's most outstanding gospel music producers and songwriters. To his record, he has written over 200 songs and produced over 50 albums for various choirs and artists in the United States. The music of Percy E.Gray Jr. can be heard daily on major gospel radio stations throughout the United States; and numerous gospel choirs abroad are viewed on Youtube singing songs composed by Percy Gray Jr.

Percy has written for nationally recognized gospel artists throughout the United States that include: Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Mississippi Mass Choir, Rev. Milton Brunson & The Thompson Community Singers, Albertina Walter, Chicago Mass Choir, Jessie Dixon, New Direction, Beverly Crawford, Joshua's Troop, Dorothy Norwood and Shirley Caesar, just to name a few. He is truly considered to be a "living legend" of gospel music.