13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Up to 30 in group
January 17, 2026
About this Retreat
PEACE PROTAGONIST & PERFORMANCE ARTIST
Warren B. Cooper has been a professional musician since the age of 9. With roots in a wide diaspora of traditions, his performance presentation is a gumbo of distinctive artistry. As a vocal specialist, he reaches to give voice to the matters of Spiritual Awakening, Human Rights, and the Sanctity of our Planet. He has released several music recording projects in various genres; his latest is a Jazz CD entitled “The Permanently Peaceful Project” – A Musical Practicum For Peace, available on all music streaming platforms.
Warren is a recent inductee to the National Council of Elders who also serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team for the Justice Center for Sacred Theological Studies (historically known as the Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary). For 28 years he was the founding host and producer of OVATIONS Gospel Music Radio on the Temple National Public Radio Network. With careers in Pennsylvania state politics, New Church Development Ministry and Community Organizing, Warren has also served as a Teaching Artist for the Ensemble Arts Philly Education Program, and as an Arts Administrator for the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, where he is currently a Program Artist in Residence.
As a performance artist, content creator and musician, Warren pursues virtuosity as an ultimate vehicle of expression. His wide array of experience and his passion for Human Rights, Environmental Justice and Spiritual Health, yields a uniquely flavored approach to putting a Message In The Music.
Warren has been a featured performer at the Scranton Jazz Festival, the Washington National Cathedral, South Jazz Kitchen, and at liturgical and private events in conference centers, sanctuaries, and concert halls across the United States. Today, he is most passionate about using his music as an inspirational tool for examining solutions to the problems that exist in our tumultuous world.
The Warren Cooper Jazz Consortium is a fluid collective of ‘1st Call’ Jazz Musicians united around the concept of creating a transformative musical experience in every performance. This ensemble combines virtuosity and creativity with a conscious approach that is Social, Spiritual and Inspirational “…making the room come alive with positive musical sensations…”.
Details of this retreat
Sankofa is an African principal of carrying pieces of our past with us to help build a successful future. It's based on Ghana's Ashanti Akan tribal proverb "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot".
This program is an audio-visual musical journey – through the history of the Negro Spiritual, into the realm of its significance in this day and time. In these historic moments, where the priorities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are reaching to extinguish the constitutional flames of human rights and common decency, this presentation reaches prophetically beyond Race and Culture for a look into the New Face of Freedom – a look that sees a way forward for all people.
SANKOFA SONG is an inspirational, informational, interactive experience that blends Music, Images, Oratorio and Community Singing to refresh and ignite hope and optimism, while focusing intently on an organized response to the emerging threats to our democracy. The themes will examine the nature of identity and belonging; create a hopeful vision for the future of Freedom; and plot a path for organizing ourselves into a unified voice for Equity, Justice and Peace.
Cranaleith Spiritual Center & Music Media Ministry invite you and anyone who cares about the direction of our nation and the rights of "all" to join us.
Doors Open: 2:30p
Concert Presentation: 3:00p – 4:30p
Artist Q & A: 4:30p – 5:00p
Organizing Reception: 5:00p – 6:00p