On Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community (WMSHC) will host their biggest annual event, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention, at Bombyx ...
Atlanta - More than 700 singers convened in Atlanta this month to celebrate the latest edition of the songbook at the heart of one of the country's oldest Christian music traditions. The Sacred Harp, ...
BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — "The Sacred Harp" is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in ...
Sacred Harp Singers ; Hugh McGraw, director. Recorded in: Alabama, United States. Pleyel's hymn / Ignaz Pleyel -- Mount Pleasant / Watts ; Leach -- The morning trumpet / Leland ; White -- Peace and ...
Shoal Creek Church Talladega National Forest, Ala. Sept. 1, 2008 It’s the day after the Young People’s Sacred Harp Singing Convention near Bremen, Ga., an event that helps balance the age ratio. There ...
The sound defies mere singing, pulsing though the church sanctuary with sufficient force to put hell on alert. For three days this month singers from the United States, Canada and Britain gathered to ...