Community Choral Sing
Schedule
Sun, 26 Mar, 2023 at 01:00 pm
Location
Central Presbyterian Church St. Paul, MN | Saint Paul, MN
With Rod Kelly Hines of CANTUS!Come and join other choral musicians as we learn music together that you can take back to your church or community choirs! Everyone who attends will receive free music to keep. (Selections will be both secular and sacred.) Composers include Rollo Dilworth, Rosephanye Powell and Mark Miller and more!
FREE!
WHEN: Sunday, March 26
12:30 p.m. Registration and Refreshments
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Community Sing
WHERE: Central Presbyterian Church
(500 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101)
For directions and parking, see https://centralforgood.org/directions
Pre-registration is not required. Masks optional.
Meet the Clinicians
ROD KELLY HINES, BARITONE WITH CANTUS
Rod Kelly Hines is a classically trained baritone and versatile artist who enjoys performing in a variety of genres. He feels most at home in choral ensembles, enjoying the spectrum of artistry that he is able to explore within a vast range of musical styles.
From 2018-2021 he was a member of the Brooklyn-based ensemble Choral Chameleon, under the direction of Vince Peterson. In 2019 he became an inaugural member of Exigence Vocal Ensemble, directed by Dr. Eugene Rogers.
He received a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, where he performed roles: Masetto in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), and Peter in Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck). He was also a featured soloist in the opera Silent Night by Kevin Puts, presented by The Atlanta Opera in their 2017-18 season.
JENNIFER ANDERSON, CONDUCTOR
Jennifer M. Anderson is the Director of Music at Central Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Founding Artistic Director of VocalPoint, an 80-voice auditioned choir that uses the power of people, art, and collaboration to tell the stories of organizations doing life-changing work. VocalPoint shines a spotlight on important social-justice issues such as youth homelessness, the immigrant experience, and sex trafficking; giving 100% of performance-driven donations to a worthy cause that will make a dramatic impact in everyday lives. To date, VocalPoint has raised over $250,000 for 11 non-profits, and has worked with such gifted musicians as Chastity Brown, Maria Jette, Jearlyn Steele, Copper Street Brass Quintet, Peter Mayer, and Grammy-winning Sounds of Blackness. Jennifer has accepted a Special Recognition Award from The Advocates for Human Rights on behalf of VocalPoint.
In the larger musical community, she has performed with Lumina, for the Schubert Club, the First Readings Project, and at Musforum’s national conference. She just completed serving a term as Sub Dean of the Twin Cities American Guild of Organists, and the chair of the Program Committee. A contributor to the PC(USA)’s Mission Yearbook, Jennifer also co-chaired the Daily Worship Committee for the National PC(USA) convention held in Minneapolis. For several years she has co-directed the Synod School Choir at Buena Vista University, and enjoys collaborating in a variety of ways with composers and other musicians. Dedicated to building community through music and to use it as a powerful medium for social change, she has led Justice Choir sing-a-longs in venues as diverse as the front-steps of an inner-city church to a national Chorus America conference.
Where is it happening?
Central Presbyterian Church St. Paul, MN, 500 Cedar St,Saint Paul,MN,United States
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