MUSIC AND ARTS GROUP
Kenneth Lowe
678-772-1180
Director of Worship and ArtS
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To request any of our choirs, please send email to musicgroup@atlantagmwa.org.
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Mass Choir, James Cleveland Chorus, Thurston G. Frazier Chorale…. Other areas of ministry are dance and theater.
Current initiatives are:
Components of the Atlanta Chapter: Columbus, GA/Phoenix City, AL and Augusta, GA
Solicitation of Music and the First Recording of the Atlanta Chapter of the GMWA, Inc.
The James Cleveland Chorus
The National James Cleveland Gospel Chorus is a group of Christians who have joined together to continue the vision of Rev. James Cleveland.
Thurston G. Frazier Memorial Chorale
In 1972, Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), Founder and then President of the Gospel Music Workshop of America inc.
(GMWA), had a desire to broaden the general membership’s musical awareness through exposure to another perspective of church music. Rev. Cleveland’s intent was to display to the world that the Gospel Music Workshop of America was a diverse musical organization that encompassed more than the typical African-American music genre.
The members of the GMWA faculty were organized to establish the Alumni Chorale, a musical ensemble whose purpose was to perform compositions from the various styles of classical choral literature.
In 1973, the Alumni Chorale expanded to include all members of the GMWA family who could read and\or sing structured music, and who had a genuine interest in the artistic performance of the classical idiom.