Cypress Creek FACE is bringing the most awarded a cappella group in music history to Spring next year, with Take 6 set to perform at The Centrum on Saturday, January 23, 2027, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the six-man vocal powerhouse range from $58 to $95, according to CultureMap Houston.
The performance date and venue details, missing from the initial announcement, come from the group's own event listing on Ludus, which confirms The Centrum at 6823 Cypresswood Drive as the primary concert venue for Cypress Creek FACE. Take 6 features vocalists Dave Thomas, Claude McKnight, Khristian Dentley, Joel Kibble, Alvin Chea, and Mark Kibble, blending gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop into what CultureMap Houston describes as vocal harmony built on syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves.
A Group With Ten Grammys and a Quincy Jones Endorsement
Take 6 is not just another touring act. The ensemble holds 10 Grammy Awards, 10 GMA Dove Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a Soul Train Award, and a spot in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, cementing its status as the most awarded a cappella group in music history, according to BlackPast.org. Producer Quincy Jones once called the group the “baddest vocal cats on the planet,” and its members have recorded or performed alongside Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jacob Collier, per the group's own biography on Take6.com.
The group's roots trace back to 1980, when it formed on the campus of Oakwood College, now Oakwood University, a Historically Black Seventh-day Adventist school in Huntsville, Alabama. It performed first as the Gentleman's Estate Quartet, then as Alliance, before settling on the name Take 6 after signing with Reprise Records in 1987 upon discovering another act was already using the Alliance name, according to Concord. Its self-titled 1988 debut album went platinum after selling over a million copies, earning two Grammys and cracking the Top 10 on both the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian charts simultaneously.
A 30th Season for Cypress Creek's Arts Nonprofit
The Take 6 show lands during Cypress Creek FACE's 30th season of presenting live music and arts education across Northwest Harris County. The nonprofit, whose administrative offices sit on Louetta Road, was founded in 1997 to give suburban Houston residents access to performing arts without requiring a trip into the central city, according to its own program materials at Cypress Creek FACE Youth Music & Arts Programs. Each season, the organization runs two distinct tracks: the evening Star-Lit! Series for major headliners like Take 6, and the daytime Promenade Series on Tuesday afternoons featuring classical, string, and chamber musicians.
Beyond ticketed mainstage shows, the nonprofit operates the Narda Rignault Martin String Library, which loans acoustic string instruments free of charge to aspiring musicians age 18 and under, and hosts a summer strings camp for middle school orchestra students. Hoodline previously reported on Cypress Creek FACE's programming when it covered the Texas Tenors' return to The Centrum, another headline act in the organization's evening lineup.
The Centrum's Post-Harvey Rebuild
The Centrum itself, which seats up to 875 guests, underwent major infrastructure and technical upgrades after sustaining severe water damage during Hurricane Harvey, including a new sound system, video wall, and RGB LED lighting, per the Cypress Creek Christian Community Center. The hall was originally designed by architect Clovis Heimsath with acoustical consulting by Kirkegaard.
The venue and Cypress Creek FACE serve as anchors within the Cypress Creek Cultural District, a civic hub in Spring that provides arts, educational, and social services to more than 1,000,000 residents across Northwest Harris County, according to the Cypress Creek Cultural District. The district also houses the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts and the Barbara Bush County Library, placing Take 6's January performance within a broader cluster of arts and civic institutions serving the northwest Houston suburbs.
