Cobb County Happenings

Cobb Festival Singers will have their Inaugural Season Finale Concert on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 6:00 pm, as part of the 2nd Annual Marietta Festival of Music.  Also performing in this FREE concert are the Northside Young Singers and William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta.  The 90-minute concert will be held at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, 571 Holt Road in Marietta, GA. The program will include classical works by Handel, Purcell and Hassler, modern selections by Taverner and Nystedt, and a diversity of American spirituals, folk hymns and gospel songs. Specific selections for Cobb Festival Singers are listed below. For more information call 678.787.9189. Cry Out and Shout – KNUT NYSTEDT Hallelujah, Amen – GEORGE FREDIRIC HANDEL Fa Una Canzona – ORAZIO VECCHI The Earth Adorned – WALDERMAR AHLEN Come Ye That Love the Lord – ISAAC WATTS / Tune: Albion arranged by Alice Parker Good Morning Brother Pilgrim – Traditional / Tune: Salutation arranged by Alice Parker God’s Son Has Made Me Free – EDVARD GRIEG arranged by Oscar Overby The Lily of the Valley – Spiritual / arranged by Wendell Whalum The Gloria and The Credo movements... Read more...

Have you registered yet for the 5th summer of Cobb Summer Singers?  The featured work will be Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, along with a variety of classics and spirituals.  The ensemble is lead by Lynn Swanson, Music Director & Conductor. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings in the sanctuary of Maple Avenue United Methodist Church on the northwest side of the Marietta Square.  Our website has more information.  Read More →