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The William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta

The William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta traces its history to the creation of the Choral Foundation in 1990. During that year, Music Director William Baker was invited to form a project chorus...<read more>

Georgia Young Singers

Established in 1978 as the Cobb Youth Chorale, the Georgia Young Singers is now affiliated with Kennesaw State University and is a nonprofit organization which provides music instruction with the goal of attaining excellence...<read more>

Dr. William O. Baker, Music Director

Dr. William Baker, Founder and Music Director, is a native of Atlanta. His formal education included studies in voice and conducting at Mercer University in Atlanta and the University of Georgia, culminating in the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Beginning with his 1977 appointment as Minister of Music for the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, he has served large Presbyterian, Lutheran and United Methodist congregations in the South and Midwest. He now serves as Minister of Music for Grace United Methodist Church in Atlanta. He is the founder of the DeKalb Choral Guild... <read more>

Sue Walker Goddard, Organist

Sue Goddard, AAGO, joined the Grace staff on September 2, 1956, after graduating with honors from Agnes Scott College in 1955, and then earning the Associateship certificate from the American Guild of Organists in June of 1956. While serving on the staff of Grace, Sue has been associated with The Temple and Northside Drive Baptist Church, and has been the staff accompanist of the Georgia Tech Chorale, the Colson Chorale, and the Choral Guild of Atlanta. For fifteen summers she was the accompanist for Hinshaw Publishing Company's CELEBRATION workshops. She has served in leadership positions in the Atlanta chapters of the Choristers Guild and the American Guild of Organists... <read more>

Christine Smith

Christine M. Smith is a music educator in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, instructing kindergarten through eighth grade general and choral music. She earned her Bachelor in Music Education in 2004 from the University of Kansas, where she studied voice and performed her senior recital in 2004 under Marci Ziegler. She is currently working towards her Masters in Choral Pedagogy at the University of Kansas. She is in her second season of membership with the William Baker Festival Singers. Her one-year appointment as Student Intern for the William Baker Choral Foundation began in June 2007 and will continue through May 20078. She is originally from Topeka, KS where her family is also very involved in community musical endeavors. Recently engaged, she spends her "free time" wedding planning and enjoying her friends and family.


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	The Musicians The William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta The William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta traces its history to the creation of the Choral Foundation in 1990. During that year, Music Director William Baker was invited to form a project chorus...<read more> Georgia Young Singers Established in 1978 as the Cobb Youth Chorale, the Georgia Young Singers is now affiliated with Kennesaw State University and is a nonprofit organization which provides music instruction with the goal of attaining excellence...<read more> Dr. William O. Baker, Music Director Dr. William Baker, Founder and Music Director, is a native of Atlanta. His formal education included studies in voice and conducting at Mercer University in Atlanta and the University of Georgia, culminating in the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Beginning with his 1977 appointment as Minister of Music for the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, he has served large Presbyterian, Lutheran and United Methodist congregations in the South and Midwest. He now serves as Minister of Music for Grace United Methodist Church in Atlanta. He is the founder of the DeKalb Choral Guild... <read more> Sue Walker Goddard, Organist Sue Goddard, AAGO, joined the Grace staff on September 2, 1956, after graduating with honors from Agnes Scott College in 1955, and then earning the Associateship certificate from the American Guild of Organists in June of 1956. While serving on the staff of Grace, Sue has been associated with The Temple and Northside Drive Baptist Church, and has been the staff accompanist of the Georgia Tech Chorale, the Colson Chorale, and the Choral Guild of Atlanta. For fifteen summers she was the accompanist for Hinshaw Publishing Company's CELEBRATION workshops. She has served in leadership positions in the Atlanta chapters of the Choristers Guild and the American Guild of Organists... <read more> Christine Smith Christine M. Smith is a music educator in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, instructing kindergarten through eighth grade general and choral music. She earned her Bachelor in Music Education in 2004 from the University of Kansas, where she studied voice and performed her senior recital in 2004 under Marci Ziegler. She is currently working towards her Masters in Choral Pedagogy at the University of Kansas. She is in her second season of membership with the William Baker Festival Singers. Her one-year appointment as Student Intern for the William Baker Choral Foundation began in June 2007 and will continue through May 20078. She is originally from Topeka, KS where her family is also very involved in community musical endeavors. Recently engaged, she spends her "free time" wedding planning and enjoying her friends and family.
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