Overview

• On August 1, Bishop Jonathan Baker issued a written apology for misreading the choir’s 11 pm booking and cutting their City Academy Voices performance short.
• He unreservedly took responsibility for describing the singing as a “terrible racket” and interrupting the concert after mistaking the end time for 10 pm.
• City Academy Voices accepted the apology without hard feelings and plans to continue using the church for rehearsals and performances.
• The July 25 incident, captured in a viral TikTok clip, showed Baker barefoot in a dressing gown ordering the audience to leave his “house.”
• Baker reiterated that the events will not recur and highlighted his decade-long residence at the church, where community arts have long been welcomed.