Music And Dance

“The banjo-keys-glock-strings-brass-woodwinds-timpani-boy/girl-vocals-etc. of David Wimbish’s Greensboro collective may at first recall the figurine-songs of Sufjan Stevens – but only until one of the 12-member band’s delirious crescendos erupts. Wimbish employs as many as 20 instruments per track, yet the arrangements are judicious when they need to be.” - Shuffle Magazine

Richard Cox has been Choirmaster at Holy Trinity Church since 1967. In 2002, he retired from UNCG, where he was Professor of Music, conducting choral groups and some of the opera productions, and teaching related classes in vocal and choral music. He holds the AB and MA from UNC-CH, a Diploma in Voice from the Paris Conservatory, and a PhD in Music History and Literature from Northwestern University.

Dr. Eleanor Gwynn is Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Professor of Dance at North Carolina A&T State University. She holds the doctorate in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

As Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. Gwynn coordinates activities for the music, theater, dance and visual arts programs.

Singer, songwriter, producer and workshop/retreat leader, Rev. Bryan Field McFarland also serves as Hunger Action Advocate for Salem Presbytery. A graduate of Maryville College in TN and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in KY, Bryan has served local congregations in KY & IN as well as campus ministries at Maryville College, the Univ. of Louisville, and UNCG.

Fran McKendree grew up in rural Connecticut where he began to play guitar and, very reluctantly, sing. In high school, a trio he’d joined won a talent contest, first prize being a slot on a folk music radio show, and he was hooked.

He began his professional career playing at coffee houses in and around Syracuse University. Moving to the Glens Falls area of NY he formed “McKendree Spring.”

Sally Ann Morris lives and works in North Carolina. In 1990, she discovered the joy of composing hymn tunes and since that time has written about 100.

David Partington, pastor, musician, spiritual director and retreat leader, holds a Master of Sacred Music degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He holds a certificate in spiritual guidance from the Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation.

Jennie Walker Brunner, the daughter of two Suzuki teachers, has been playing violin since the age of three. When she began college, her Dad introduced her to Irish fiddling as she continued her classical music studies.

Scott has taught strings in the Greensboro Area for over 30 years. His experiences include teaching, playing and conducting orchestras ...

Rumi: In the Presence of Wonder

Enter into the timeless mystery of Rumi’s ecstatic poetry and be moved by the vastness of your own heart. Local musicians and poet join to bring this 13th century mystic’s poetry to light through intertwining original music with Rumi’s profound words.