Abro Collective & In Process Ensemble

Join Abro Collective in their final event of 2024! Stop by their storefront and enjoy the harmonies of In Process, an African American women’s acapella ensemble!

ABOUT IN PROCESS

In September 1980, 30 women joined a circle in a song workshop presented by world-renowned a cappella group, Sweet Honey in The Rock. The circle narrowed, and in June 1981, participants (signifying a quest for continual growth and development) chose the name In Process … and presented her first public performance.

Using rhythms and harmonies born of slavery and adapted and nurtured throughout the sojourn of African people in America, the women of In Process… lift their voices in the oral tradition to raise contemporary issues and the consciousness of all people. Her blended repertoire includes spirituals, gospel, jazz, blues, and historic and contemporary songs of love, freedom, peace and justice.

In Process… has performed in venues from Arizona to Vermont and in January 2009 was part of the Smithsonian Institution’s celebration of the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

In Process… currently has two CDs, the self-titled IN PROCESS… and MISSION: LOVE, and their original music is featured in the Anacostia Watershed Society’s documentary “The Anacostia: Restoring the People’s River.”

Members: Pam Rogers, Akosua Dyan McCray, Tia Adé, Paula Pree.