White Rock Baptist Ch. Mid-Day Virtual Concert fea. Dr. Paula Harrell

The Bach’s Lunch Organ Recitals that would have celebrated its 11th year of recitals and the 154th Anniversary of White Rock Baptist Church this year, will pause indefinitely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Music Ministry will offer three Mid-Day Concerts featuring the White Rock JuBellate Handbell  Quintet (Oct. 15), Dr. Timothy Holley, cellist (Oct. 22), and Dr. Paula Harrell, organ (Oct. 29).

On October 29,  Dr. Paula Harrell will present an organ concert of spirituals and Civil Rights songs in tribute to John Robert Lewis and the Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Harrell is an alumnus of North Carolina Central University where she was the first student to present two senior honors recitals in organ and piano. She earned the Master of Music degree in Sacred Music and Organ from The Ohio State University and the DMA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the first African American woman to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance.

The concert can be viewed on Thursdays, on YouTube at 12:30 pm. Click Here

A link to the concerts will also be available on the White Rock Baptist Church website: https://www.whiterockbaptistchurch.org/announcements