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Cece Teneal - Divas of Soul

Saturday, March 06, 2027 @ 7:30pm



Kean Stage - Enlow Recital Hall
215 North Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205

Tickets run from $48 - $68

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Take a ride on the Midnight Train to Georgia over River Deep, Mountain High while award-winning vocalist CeCe Teneal delivers you the “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” you deserve in DIVAS OF SOUL, a one-of-a-kind concert event! This spectacular celebration of fifty years of chart-topping music from artists like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, and more has wowed audiences worldwide, featuring hits from the Disco Era (Ring My Bell, Best of My Love) to Broadway (And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going) and Pop (What’s Love Got to Do with It, I’m Every Woman).

An award-winning songstress in her own right, Ms. Teneal has been nominated for four Independent Music Awards and claimed the title for 2011 Best Gospel Song (I Heard You Prayin’) and 2011 Best R&B Album (Train from Osteen), as well as 2018 Best Soul/Funk/Fusion Song (Danger). She was chosen as the halftime headliner for the 2019 Citrus Bowl, and in 2022, Mayor Buddy Dyer and Mayor Jerry Demings proclaimed September 17 as Annual Cece Teneal Day in Orlando and Orange County, respectively, to celebrate her 20 years of contributions to arts and entertainment. “[CeCe Teneal] forces you to feel and connect with emotions you didn’t know you had.” – Presenter, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL.

Take a ride on the Midnight Train to Georgia over River Deep, Mountain High while award-winning vocalist CeCe Teneal delivers you the “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” you deserve in DIVAS OF SOUL, a one-of-a-kind concert event! This spectacular celebration of fifty years of chart-topping music from artists like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, and more has wowed audiences worldwide, featuring hits from the Disco Era (Ring My Bell, Best of My Love) to Broadway (And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going) and Pop (What’s Love Got to Do with It, I’m Every Woman).

An award-winning songstress in her own right, Ms. Teneal has been nominated for four Independent Music Awards and claimed the title for 2011 Best Gospel Song (I Heard You Prayin’) and 2011 Best R&B Album (Train from Osteen), as well as 2018 Best Soul/Funk/Fusion Song (Danger). She was chosen as the halftime headliner for the 2019 Citrus Bowl, and in 2022, Mayor Buddy Dyer and Mayor Jerry Demings proclaimed September 17 as Annual Cece Teneal Day in Orlando and Orange County, respectively, to celebrate her 20 years of contributions to arts and entertainment. “[CeCe Teneal] forces you to feel and connect with emotions you didn’t know you had.” – Presenter, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL.

About Cece Teneal

Just a country girl from Florida born in rural Osteen (just outside of Orlando), CeCe Teneal has since brought her music to over 47 countries as the opening act for Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker, Johnny Lang, Betty Wright, Cameo, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Jazmin Sullivan, Fantasia, Maze & Frankie Beverly, and the legendary B.B. King. She currently tours both her soulful and funky originals and a celebration of the music of Aretha Franklin to tens of thousands annually at performing arts centers across the United States and on board multiple luxury cruise lines.




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