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He is a bass/baritone singer and music/choral director
who studied at the Dekalb Community College for three years from 1979. In 1982 he entered the US Army’s Military
Police Corps where he stayed for 2 years. After leaving service he returned to education at the Georgia
State University from 1984 to 1987 and during those years he was involved
in preparing choruses for the President of the American Choral Director’s
Association, Jon Haberlin, and the conductor Robert Shaw of the Atlanta
Symphony. He became a member
of several of Robert Shaw’s choral ensembles such as the Atlanta Symphony Chorus,
the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus and the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. He appeared on 6 Grammy Award
winning albums during his membership of these ensembles. In 1987 he became the Director of
Choral Activities at the All Saints Church in Dunwoody, Georgia and after
leaving them in 1995 he worked for a time in the automotive industry. He had also been busy in 1990 and
1991 when he recorded two albums with the composer Peter Schickele under
the guise of P.D.Q. Bach. Going
back into choral conducting he joined the Gulf Breeze United Methodist
Church in 2002 and stayed with them for a period of around two years. 2004 was a big year for him as he
established his Jones Direct business in the health and fitness industry
and also took on the position of Director of Music Ministries at the Porterfield
Memorial United Methodist Church in Albany, Georgia. He still continues with both of
these today. Carrying on as a
soloist he performed with the Albany Symphony Orchestra in their 2007
Christmas Concert. Other
organisations he has been a member of include the American Choral Director’s
Association, the Chorister’s Guild and the Royal School of Church Music.
Robert Shaw
Chamber Singers recordings
Angels
We Have Heard on High (Traditional
French/James
Chadwick/Edward
Shippen Barnes )
Telarc 80377 (CD: Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns
& Carols)
Conductor - Robert Shaw
Sources:
- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/794/49B
- http://www.mynetimpact.com/netimpact.cfm
- http://www.porterfieldchurch.org/Music%20Ministry.htm
- http://www.albanyherald.com/archives/SouthView/2007/southview120607c.html
- http://www.amgsonicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:32075~T3
6. CD Liner Notes: Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols
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