[1] The choir performs mainly black gospel music, and focuses on spreading the message of racial harmony.
[5] The Nova Scotia Mass Choir has performed locally, nationally and internationally, and has won two East Coast Music Awards.
[6] The choir reaches audiences that would not normally be exposed to the genre of black gospel music, and showcases the cultural contributions of African Nova Scotians.
[8] The group also performs arrangements of traditional gospel and folk music.
[9] Several times a year, the Mass Choir gives benefit concerts in support of racial harmony and to assist various charitable causes, and performs an annual concert to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.[6]