Presbytery of Mississippi
                                                                                                  February 13th - 14th, 2009

 
 

Kaleidoscope 2009
                                 Spiritual Leadership and Prayer
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Friday, February 13, 2009   7:30 p.m.
 MAURICE DURUFLÉ  "REQUIEM"  AND FRANCIS POULENC  "GLORIA "CHOIR OF FIRST-TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LAUREL
MARYANN KYLE, SOPRANO SOLOIST;  MATTHEW LEWIS, CONDUCTOR 

A festival concert of two land mark choral works by the French composers Maurice Duruflé and Francis Poulenc, this concert features the choir of First-Trinity Presbyterian Church under the direction of Matthew Lewis, with guest soprano soloist, Maryann Kyle. Maryann Kyle is associate professor of voice at The University of Southern Mississippi and is Director of Southern Opera and Music Theatre Company's Outreach and Workshop program. She has sung leading roles with the Mississippi Opera, Chattanooga Opera, DesMoines MetroOpera, the Southern Arts Festival Opera, the University of Illinois, East Tennessee Opera, LSU Opera, Gulf Coast Opera, and The Opera at USM. In addition, she is the director of the apprentice artist program with Mississippi Opera and is artist/teacher in residence with the Opera festival di Roma. Matthew Lewis is Organist-choirmaster at Church of the Incarnation in New York City, Organist-choirmaster at Temple Israel in Lawrence, NY, and is Artistic Director and Conductor of St.George's Choral Society. He is on the organ faculty of the Juilliard School Pre-College division, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College. His teachers include Robert Page, Jon Gillock, and the legendary organ virtuoso - Marie-Madeleine Duruflé.

KeynoteSpeaker: Joan Gray
 
  The Rev. Joan S. Gray, is the past moderator of the 217th General Assembly.
Rev. Gray has written definitive texts on PC(USA) governance.
She has held seven pastorates in the Atlanta area .

 

 

First-Trinity Presbyterian 
500 5th Avenue 
Laurel, MS 39440 
Phone 601.428.8491
Complete Registration Brochures will be mailed on  
December 28, 2008

Courses Offered In The Following Topics:
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 Class Period A 
 
 Class Period B 
 
 Class Period C 
 
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Kaleidoscope Sub-Committee Members:
  
          Sara Brown - Staff Person 
          Scott Castleman 
          Bill dePrater 
          Charles Hall 
          Myra Hester 
          Norma Loposser 
          Lillian Magruder 
          Cory Stott
          Annie Ruth Thigpen
     
Registration Handled by: 
Lillian Magruder 
704 Versailles Drive 
Ridgeland, MS 39157 
Phone 601.605.6561 
Fax     601.605.6562 
gannimac@bellsouth.net