Sunday, February 12, 2012

Absalom Jones Service

The Cathedral of St. Philip • 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30305

The annual service celebrating the life of Absalom Jones will be held at the Cathedral of St. Philip on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. We are excited to announce that this year the choir will be conducted by Dr.James Abbington, associate professor of church music and worship at Emory University.

If your choir would like to participate in this service, a rehearsal will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the choir room at the Cathedral.

Please call or email Ingrid Siegert to sign up for the choir. 404.228.0753 or isiegert@stmartins.org

Music: The three pieces published by GIA Publications may be obtained by calling GIA at:

"More Love to Thee" - arr. Joseph Joubert [GIA Publications - G-5843]

"Sanctus" - Carlos Simon [GIA Publications - G-7421]

"Just for Me" -  M. Roger Holland II  [GIA Publications - G-6899]

"By the Waters of Babylon" - Philip James (Out of print. Contact Ingrid Siegert to obtain copies).                                                              

Dr. James Abbington

Dr. Abbington's research interests include music and worship in the Christian church, African American sacred folk music, organ, choral music, and ethnomusicology. Dr. Abbington serves as executive editor of the African American Church Music Series by GIA Publications (Chicago). He served as co-director of music for the Hampton University Ministers' and Musicians' Conference. In 2010, Hampton's Choir Directors'-Organists' Guild honored Abbington by naming their Church Music Academy after him. He has also served as the national director of music for both the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the NAACP.