25TH ANNIVERSARYCHURCH

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Sponsored by

Jackson State University
College of Liberal Arts
School of Fine and Performing Arts
Department of Music

In cooperation with

Eighth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Jimmie James, Jr., Ph.D., Director

Frederick D. Hall Music Center
Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi
Monday, June 16, 2008

8:00 a.m. Registration ………………………………………………. Student Lounge

9:00 a.m. Reading Session: Choral Techniques and Interpretations………. MB 104
James Hawkins

10:00 a.m. Hymns and Hymn Stories of the African American Church………….. MB 104
Herbert Jones

11:00 a.m. Worship in the Key of David …………………………………….. MB 104
Myrna Summers

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. Children’s Choir Workshop

Children's Choir I ………………………….………………….…. MB 109
Lannie Spann McBride

1:30 p.m. ADULT GENERAL ASSEMBLY …………………………….. Recital Hall
PROGRAM
Dr. Jimmie James, Jr.
Chair, Department of Music
Presiding

Prelude ……………………….. Encourage Yourself………………… Yolanda Adams
Russell Thomas, saxophone and Dowell Taylor, piano

Invocation ………………………………….……………..Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Boyd, Sr.
Pastor, Pearl Street A.M. E. Church

Music …………………………….. Rise Again …………………………. Dallas Holm
Pearl Street A.M.E. Church Male Quintet
Wycliff Moore, Johnny Anthony, Malcolm Jones, Richard Sullivan, Willie Walker

Greetings ………………………………………………………………. Dr. Della Posey
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs

The Honorable Frank E. Melton
Mayor, City of Jackson

Dr. Dollye M.E. Robinson
Dean, College of Liberal Arts

Bishop C. Garnett Henning
Presiding Prelate
Eighth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church

Occasion ………………………………………………...………. Dr. Jimmie James, Jr.
Director, Church Music Workshop of America

Music …………………………….. Give Me Jesus………………… arr. Moses Hogan
Lydia Janese Lewis, mezzo soprano
Introduction of Speaker …………………………………………….... Mr. Arthur James
Consultant
Yazoo City, MS

Speaker ………………………………………………………….…. Dr. Robert E. James
President, Carver State Bank
Savannah, GA

Music ………………………… We Gonna Make It…………...M. Summers /T. Wright
Myrna Summers,Soloist

Announcements / Acknowledgments ……………………………….. Ms. Gwen Caples
Director of Alumni and Constituency Relations

Benediction..................................................................Rev. Dr. Richard T. Middleton, III
Pastor, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Postlude …………………………God and God Alone……………………Phil McHugh
(from the Cantata Calvary’s Love)
Britanny Ewing, flute Guy Lee Ross King, violin
Julie Ewing, flute Ernestine Ross, piano
Ariel Graham, flute

3:30 p.m. Musicians: Helping with the Church’s Finances ……..…………. MB 104
Robert E. James

5:00 p.m. Dinner

6:15 p.m. Incorporating Handbells in the Worship Service .............................MB 104
Demonstration Ensemble: Mount Zion Church of Christ Holiness Bell Choir
Shirley McClendon, Director

6:45 p.m. Choir Rehearsal ……….………………………………………….. MB 104
Myrna Summers
Recording Devices May Not Be Used During
Any Workshop Sessions or the Final Concert

VISIT THE EXHIBITS DAILY

SPECIAL CONSULTANTS

Please note that Drs. Roland Carter and Don Lee White will serve as Special
Consultants throughout the week. You are urged to confer with them concerning
solutions to issues related to your music ministry.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

8:00 a.m. Registration ………………………………………………. Student Lounge

9:00 a.m. Organizing the Youth Choir ……………………………………… MB 104
James Hawkins
10:00 a.m. Choir Decorum…………………………………………………… MB 104
Jimmie James, Jr.

11:00 a.m. Worship in the Key of David II…………………………………… MB 104
Myrna Summers

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:00 p.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR WORKSHOP

Children's Choir II ……………………………………………….. MB 109
Lannie Spann McBride

1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Pro Tools for the Church Musician…………………………………….... MB 103
Dowell T. Taylor

Creative Power-The Sound of Heaven and Earth ………….……………. MB 104
Andrew Lewis

2:30 p.m. Incorporating Oratorio in the Contemporary Church Service …... MB 104
Phyllis Lewis-Hale

3:30 p.m. Reading of New Music …………………………………………... MB 104
Florine Herron, James Hawkins, Workshop Participants

4:30 p.m. VISIT THE EXHIBITS

5:00 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal …………………………………………………... MB 104
Myrna Summers
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

9:00 a.m. Musicians’ Panel …………………………………………………… MB 104
The Status of Church Music in Today’s Society
Fennoyee Thomas, Presiding

10:00 a.m. Worship in the Key of David-III…………………………………… MB 104
Myrna Summers

11:00 a.m The Ministers’ Panel ……………..……………………………… MB 104
The Minister’s Role in the Church Music Program
Dr. Jimmie James, Jr., Presiding
Remarks: Bishop C. Garnett Henning

12:15 p.m. Group Picture

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Children's Choir III ………………………………………………...MB 109
Lannie Spann McBride

1:30 p.m. Return of Stolen Music …………………………………………….MB 104
Norman Hutchins

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Introduction to Spontaneous Praise Music ………………..….….. MB 104
Norman Hutchins

6:00 p.m. Children’s Choir Concert ……………………………………. Recital Hall
Lannie Spann McBride

7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal ……………………………………………………MB 104
Myrna Summers

8:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal ……………………………………………………MB 104
Norman Hutchins
Thursday, June 19, 2008

8:00 a.m. Registration ………………………………………………. Student Lounge

9:00 a.m. Reading of New Music …………………………………………….MB 104
GIA Publications, Inc.
James Abbington

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal …………………… Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
Myrna Summers

2:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal …………………… Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
. Norman Hutchins

4:30 p.m. Dinner

7:00 p.m. Adult Closing Concert…………………….….Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
The 32nd Annual Church Music Workshop
of America would like to thank the
following JSU offices for their cooperation:

Department of Public Safety
Department of Music
Facilities Management
Food Service Department
Office of Finance
Office of University Communications
School of Fine and Performing Arts
College of Liberal Arts
Office of Academic Affairs
WORKSHOP STAFF/CONSULTANTS/PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Dr. James Abbington – Executive Director of the African American Church Music
Series published by G.I.A., Inc., Associate Professor of Music and Worship at Candler
School of Theology of Emory University, Atlanta GA
Dr. Roland Carter – Founder and CEO of MAR-VEL Publishing, Ruth Holmberg
Professor of American Music in the Cadek Department of Music at the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga and President of the National Association of Negro Musicians,
Inc., Chattanooga, TN
Mrs. Vivian H. Dotson - Workshop Staff Assistant, Retired Educator, Jackson Public
Schools

Mr. James M. Hawkins - Director of Choral Music, Jim Hill High School, Director of
Music, Rose Hill Baptist Church

Ms. Anissa Hampton – Office Professional, Department of Music, Jackson State
University

Mrs. Valerie Henderson – Workshop Staff Assistant, Instructor, Jackson Public Schools
Rev. Dr. Norman Hutchins – Multiple Stellar and Dove Award nominee, Pastor and
Founder of Frontline Ministries, Founder of IR Music Group and CEO of Impact
Entertainment Media Group
Mrs. Carrie G. James – Workshop Staff Assistant, Retired Educator, Jackson Public
Schools

Dr. Jimmie James, Jr. - Chair, Department of Music and Director of Church Music
Workshop, Jackson State University; Hampton University Living Legend in Church Music
for 2007; Minister of Music, Pearl Street A.M.E. Church; Connectional Director of Music
Emeritus - A.M.E. Church

Dr. Robert E. James-President, Carver State Bank, Savannah, Georgia

Mr. Abram Jones – Workshop Photographer, Jackson, MS

Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones – Workshop Staff Assistant, Minister of Music/Administrator,
Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ and Administrator, Neighborhood Academy
Department of Music, Pittsburg, PA
Mr. Andrew Lewis – Senior Pastor, New Dimensions Ministries; Graduate Assistant,
Department of Music, Jackson State University
Mrs. Phyllis Lewis-Hale - Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Opera Workshop,
Jackson State University
Mr. Robert McField - Workshop Staff Assistant; Student Assistant, Department of Music

Ms. Rose McGee - Workshop Staff Assistant, Director of Choral Music, Lanier High
School; Director of Music, Progressive Morningstar Baptist Church; Member, Mississippi
Mass Choir

Ms. Cynthia Goodloe Palmer- Workshop Staff Assistant, International Gospel Artist,
President/Founder, Canton Gospel Music Association

Mrs. Ruth Randle – Assistant to the Director, Church Music Workshop of America;
Director of Choral Music, Raymond High School, Raymond, MS, National Board Certified
Teacher; Director of Young Adult Choir, Pearl Street A.M.E. Church

Dr. Dollye M. E. Robinson - Professor of Music, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Jackson
State University
Mr. Jerry Smith – Minister of Music, Farish Street Baptist Church, Minister of Music,
Mississippi Mass Choir, Graduate Assistant, Department of Music, Jackson State
University
Ms. Lannie Spann McBride – Lecturer, Department of Music, Jackson State University;
Retired Music Educator, Jackson Public Schools; Minister of Music, Greater Fairview
Baptist Church

Evangelist Myrna Summers – Founder of Myrna Summers’ G.U.T.S.A.Y. (Gospel
United to Save All Youth), Minister of Music, Reid Temple A.M.E. Church, Glendale,
Maryland, Stellar and Grammy Award Winner, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Dowell Taylor – Director of Music Technology, Assistant Professor of Music,
Jackson State University; Director of Music, Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson,
MS
Dr. Fennoyee Thomas – Professor of Music and Associate Dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Dr. Don Lee White – Professor of Music Emeritus, California State University; Director
of DLW Chorale; Composer, Outstanding Organist and African American Music
Historian, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Bobbie Wilson – Workshop Staff Assistant, Investigator, EEOC Staff, Jackson, MS;
Secretary, Jackson State University National Alumni Association