African-American Music
Dwight Andrews
A
performance of African-American music with renowned musician-theologian Dwight Andrews,
will be given Sunday, May 7, 4:00 PM at Glenn Memorial UMC. There is no admission charge - a free-will
offering will be taken.
Soloists are drawn from Georgia’s finest singers, the chorus is composed of the
Chancel Choir of First Church, trained by Music Director Norma Rabon, and the
Meridian Chorale, all conducted by Steven Darsey.
For more information– see www.meridianherald.org or call 404 525 4722. Glenn Church is located at the main gate of Emory Universty - 1660 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30307-1010
Dwight Andrews is a renowned composer, jazz artist, scholar and pastor. His composition credits include collaboration with August Wilson for the Broadway production of his plays, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Seven Guitars. With his Ph.D. in music theory and divinity degrees from Yale, and his vocation as pastor and musician, Andrews is uniquely gifted to bring theology to life through music. For more information on Dr. Andrews, please see http://www.emory.edu/MUSIC/faculty/andrews.html
Meridian Herald is proud to participate in this project with Dwight Andrews and First Congregational Church. For more information, please see our web site – www.meridianherald.org or call 404 525 4722.