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The Aeolians of Oakwood University, established in 1946, performs choral music repertoire from the Baroque era to;the 21st century, under the direction of Jason Max Ferdinand. In 2017, they won the Choir of the World award at the LLangollen International Musical Festival. In 2018, they won three gold medals at the 10th World Choir Games and the championship in both the University Choirs and the Spirituals categories. In 2019, they became the first HBCU;choir to be selected from blind auditions to perform at the National ACDA Conference.
Jason Max Ferdinand is a professor, the director of choral activities, and the chair of the music department at Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama. He is in his twelfth season conducting the world-renowned The Aeolians of Oakwood University. He maintains an active schedule as a composer, presenter, adjudicator, and guest conductor for high school, collegiate, and church choirs throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. His choral series bearing his name is in circulation by Walton Music, a division of GIA Publications, Inc. His greatest passion is watching those who he has mentored become conductors and composers in their own right.
PRONE TO WONDER
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (Reginald Heber; arr. Adrian T. Westney)
We Shall Overcome (arr. Robert T. Gibson)
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Robert Robinson; arr. Mack Wilberg)
THE JOURNEY OF OUR LIFE
Pilgrims’ Chorus from “Tannhäuser” (Richard Wagner; arr. William Dawson)
Examine Me (Cedric Dent)
The Chariot Jubilee (R. Nathaniel Dett; instrumentation arr. Jason Max Ferdinand) Roderick George, Tenor
The Gospel Train (arr. Ken Burton)
Away and in Danger (Shawn Kirchner)
Shout For Joy (Adolphus Hailstork)
When I Lay Me Down to Sleep (James Mulholland)
WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
Jehovah Sabaoth (Donald Lawrence)
Someday (arr. Nathan Carter)
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
This expression of Psalm 148 was submitted by Ed Willmington, who wrote it with Clayton J. Schmit. The nature of Psalm 148 is total exuberance as all of nature offers praise to God.
