Posted by Sean Flynt on 2012-04-17
Samford University's School of the Arts will present "Singing a 21st Century Faith," a series of free public workshops featuring noted music educator Michael Hawn April 20-22. Hawn is University Distinguished Professor of Church Music at Southern Methodist University and Director of SMU's Master of Sacred Music Program.

The first workshop, “You Are What You Sing, ” on expanding sung theology, will be 9 a.m.-12 p.m. April 20 in Brock Recital Hall at Samford.

The “Global Song for Local Congregations” workshop, exploring the music of other cultures, will be 9 a.m.-12 p.m. April 21 at Vestavia Hills Baptist Church (accompanying songbook is $7.95).

The final workshop, “The Lord’s Prayer: A Global Perspective,” is a free festival of congregational singing beginning at 4 p.m. in Samford's Reid Chapel.

For more information, contact Eric Mathis at emathis@samford.edu or (205)726-2323.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.