(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents gospel music legend Yolanda Adams on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 8:00pm. The concert features a performance by the Community Baptist Church of Englewood Mass Choir.
A graduate of Texas Southern University, she earned her degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting. Adams began a career as a schoolteacher and part-time model in Houston. She began singing at the age of sixteen as a lead vocalist with the Houston’s Southeast Inspirational Choir, affiliated with Outreach Missionary Baptist Church. In 1986, she was featured on the Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar Choir release, Give Us Peace with a performance titled “My Trust Lies in You.”
Thomas Whitfield discovered her during one of Adams’ spectacular performances, and later signed her with Sounds of Gospel in which yielded her first album, Just As I Am in 1987. In 1990, she signed with producer/keyboardist Ben Tankard, and signed to his independent label, Tribute Records and released Through the Storm in 1991.
The exceptionally educated and talented Adams has triumphantly carried the torch for contemporary gospel and inspirational music and has one of the most powerful voices in any genre of music. She has released fifteen glorious albums, which also include Save the World (1993), More Than a Melody (1995), Yolanda: Live in Washington (1996), Songs from the Heart (1998), Mountain High…Valley Low (1999), The Best of Yolanda Adams (1999), Christmas with Yolanda Adams (2000), Believe (2001), The Experience (2002), Day By Day (2005), The Essential Yolanda (2006), What a Wonderful Time (2007), and Becoming (2011).
Tickets range from $59-$179 and are available for purchase online or by calling the Box Office at (201) 227-1030. Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey.
Adams has earned numerous accolades for her shining efforts, including the first American Music Award for Contemporary Gospel Artist, four Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, four Grammy Awards, sixteen Stellar Gospel Music Awards, seven NAACP Image Awards, three Soul Train Music Awards, and five BET Awards.
In 2007, Adams embarked on a radio career with “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show.” Adams was also the first female nationally syndicated radio host with Radio One/Reach Media covering more than fifty markets for ten years.
Faith, Love, Forgiveness, Protection and PRAISE: These are just five of the ten gifts explored in Yolanda Adams’ power-filled inaugural book, Points of Power. The book was inspired by the Points of Power segment she had on her previous radio show. Adams reveals her own personal experiences to show how the Bible will enlighten readers and provide them with insight and understanding to respond positively to life’s challenges.
Her own charity, Voice of an Angel Foundation, Incorporated was founded in 2005, with the mission of establishing mentoring programs for underprivileged youth. Through her non-profit, she sponsored Houston students to go to college, affording them tuition for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Ms. Adams stars as Denita Jordan in the television series, “Kingdom Business”, airing on BET. Her latest album, Sunny Days, was released in September 2024 and her new product line of watches, Lady Banneker, is now available online.
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat venue is the area's cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment.
The jewel in their crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC – the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, "hands-on" training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.
