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Story by Denise K. James.
Photography courtesy of Lee Pringle.
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A
rtists are
often visionaries
about many
things, even
those that don’t
pertain to their
art. Take, for
example, Lee Pringle, the president of
the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s
Gospel Ensemble and founder of
the Colour of Music Festival. As a
resident of Mount Pleasant, and,
more specifically, I’On, Pringle was
one of the renowned neighborhood’s
very first residents. He liked what he
saw from the beginning – and with
good reason.
“I’d been living in downtown
Charleston, and in 1998 I purchased
a home in the I’On neighborhood,”
Pringle told me. “I was either the
seventh or the eighth resident – when
Lee Pringle has always felt
inspired to bring music
to a diverse audience. His
musical journey started in
tiny Pringletown in Berkeley
County, where he attended
the Sunbeam Choir at Pisgah
AME Church.