Free Fall Concerts Offered At Conyers Monastery

Published: September 9, 2004

CONYERS—The Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit will continue its yearlong tradition of monthly concerts in celebration of its 60th anniversary.

The next concert, featuring The Georgia Brass Band, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. These top-level brass players will present traditional and classical British-style brass band music. For more information about the group, visit their Web site at

www.georgiabrass.com.

The October concert will present the Atlanta Schola Cantorum, a 30-voice a cappella chorus. Under the direction of Cynthia DeDakis, the ensemble will present a series of 16th-century sacred and secular polyphony. This concert will be held on Sunday, Oct. 31, at 3 p.m.

For more information about Atlanta Schola Cantorum, visit their Web site at www.atlantaschola.org.

The DeKalb Choral Guild will present “Cantus Firmus: A Sure Foundation” at the monastery on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 3:30 p.m. Under the direction of conductor Bryan F. Black, the group will present selections reflecting the theme “foundation” in celebration of the monastery’s anniversary. Selections will include plainsong, or Gregorian chant, as the foundation of Western music, the texts and melodies of which have inspired composers both ancient and modern, as well as music from the Shakers, which reflects the journey of the Kentucky monks who founded the monastery. African-American spiritual selections and arrangements typical of the musical “foundation” known in the southern U.S. will also be performed.

For more information about the DeKalb Choral Guild, visit their Web site at http://dcguild.home@mindspring.com.

Admission to all concerts is free. Donations will be accepted. The monastery is self-sustaining and donations are directed toward the care of senior monks.

Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery is located at 2625 Highway 212, SW, Conyers. For more information about the concerts or for directions please call (770) 483-8705, ext. 414. The general public is cordially invited.