Church muic takes the spotlight on Tuesday, May 22, with two special events to be held at Second Baptist Church in Richmond.
In the afternoon, from 3:30-6, a Music Convocation will be sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. It will be led by Milburn Price, a renowned church musician and educator who recently retired as dean of the school of performing arts at Samford University. He previously was dean of the school of church music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Price is a published hymnist and is one of the editors for a new Baptist hymnal to be published by Mercer Press. He has received an annual award each year since 1980 from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
The Music Convocation is open to professional church musicians including ministers of music. The registration fee is $40 and advance registration is required by calling the Heritage Center at (804) 289-8434.
“We asked Milburn Price to draw upon the rich musical heritage of our faith tradition while enabling church musicians to reach today's generation,” said Fred Anderson, executive director of the Heritage Center.
In the evening, at 7:30 p.m. the annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society will continue the musical emphasis with a Hymn Festival to be led by Milburn Price and William L. Miller Jr., minister of music at Second Baptist Church. The Hymn Festival will include choral and congregational hymn singing.
The program is free and open to the public. Churches are encouraged to bring groups to the Hymn Festival. For further information, contact the Virginia Baptist Historical Society at (804) 289-8434.
Special to the Herald