Dr. Carl G. Harris will be funeralized on Thursday in Hampton.
Credits: Hampton University
June 25, 2013
It
is with great sadness to report the death of Dr.
Carl G. Harris,
who from 1971-1984 served as Director of Choral Activities at
Virginia
State University and
organist at Historic Gillfield
Baptist Church,
both in Petersburg, Virginia. Harris was respected in the music
community as an outstanding organ soloist, accompanist and for his
collegial spirit.
...
Carl
G. Harris, Jr. was born in Fayette, Missouri. He attended public
schools in St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated from Bartlett High
School with honors. He received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music
(Cum Laude) from Philander Smith College, Master of Arts Degree in
Music History from the University of Missouri, and the Doctor of
Musical Arts Degree in Conducting from the Conservatory of Music,
University of Missouri at Kansas City. In addition, he did further
study at Westminster Choir College and Vienna State Academy of Music.
In
2005, he was named Minister of Music Emeritus of the illustrious Bank
Street Memorial Baptist Church in Norlfolk, Virginia where he served
for 21 years. The glorious anthem, “Shout For Joy” by Adolphus
Hailstork was
composed for expressly for his choir there and was affectionately
referred to as the “Bank Street Anthem.”
...
Dr.
Carl G. Harris will be funeralized on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at
11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Hampton, Virginia.
[Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941) is featured at AfriClassical.com]
[Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941) is featured at AfriClassical.com]
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