HISTORY OF HYMNODY
George Fergus | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Eight Thursdays, April 10 through May 15
3025 Bull Street
This course explores various traditions and evolutions in the history of western Christian hymnody, from the plainchant hymns of the early Church through the many diverse hymn traditions alive today. Each class meeting includes plenty of participatory singing for the collective experience of the hymnody that Christians throughout time have nourished and preserved.
FEATURED TOPICS
• Plainchant Hymn Origins
• Reformation Hymns of the Calvinist, Lutheran, and English Traditions
• “Golden Age” Hymns from England and America
• American Hymn Traditions
• The Negro Spiritual
• John and Charles Wesley and Bland Tucker
George Fergus is the Director of Music at Christ Church Episcopal in downtown Savannah. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Yale University, where he spent far too much of his time playing and singing hymns.
George Fergus | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Eight Thursdays, April 10 through May 15
3025 Bull Street
This course explores various traditions and evolutions in the history of western Christian hymnody, from the plainchant hymns of the early Church through the many diverse hymn traditions alive today. Each class meeting includes plenty of participatory singing for the collective experience of the hymnody that Christians throughout time have nourished and preserved.
FEATURED TOPICS
• Plainchant Hymn Origins
• Reformation Hymns of the Calvinist, Lutheran, and English Traditions
• “Golden Age” Hymns from England and America
• American Hymn Traditions
• The Negro Spiritual
• John and Charles Wesley and Bland Tucker
George Fergus is the Director of Music at Christ Church Episcopal in downtown Savannah. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Yale University, where he spent far too much of his time playing and singing hymns.
George Fergus | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Eight Thursdays, April 10 through May 15
3025 Bull Street
This course explores various traditions and evolutions in the history of western Christian hymnody, from the plainchant hymns of the early Church through the many diverse hymn traditions alive today. Each class meeting includes plenty of participatory singing for the collective experience of the hymnody that Christians throughout time have nourished and preserved.
FEATURED TOPICS
• Plainchant Hymn Origins
• Reformation Hymns of the Calvinist, Lutheran, and English Traditions
• “Golden Age” Hymns from England and America
• American Hymn Traditions
• The Negro Spiritual
• John and Charles Wesley and Bland Tucker
George Fergus is the Director of Music at Christ Church Episcopal in downtown Savannah. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Yale University, where he spent far too much of his time playing and singing hymns.