Music Ministry

The music ministry at the Church of the Resurrection embraces and celebrates the rich music tradition of the Anglican/Episcopal Church. We also worship God through music of many times and places for our own spiritual enrichment and to connect with the great diverse tradition of the Body of Christ. We encourage all with musical talent to contribute to the worship life of the parish.

Our organist choir director, Hildegard Cox, holds a Doctoral degree in organ performance and has 21 years of experience as a church organist and choir director. She loves working with people of all levels of experience and developing the talents and abilities of all who want TO SERVE Christ by making a "joyful noise unto the Lord."

If you would like to be a part of the music ministry at the Church of the Resurrection, please be in touch with our organist/choir director , Dr. Hildegard Cox, e-mail: hildegard.cox007@comcast.net

ADULT CHOIR

Our Adult Choir of mixed voices comprises presently 12 members "all volunteer" . They sing regularly for our 10:30 Eucharist Service (September through mid July) and for special events throughout the year. Any singer 15 years and older is invited to join the choir. While helpful, reading music is not required to be in the choir. Choir Rehearsals take place on Wednesday evenings from 7 till 8:15 PM, and on Sunday mornings, from 10 till 10:15 AM. The choir room is located opposite the church office.

HAND BELL RINGERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS

The Church of the Resurrection is a proud owner of a 3 octave-handbell set. We have currently a small group of bell ringers who rehearse regularly on Monday evenings from 6:00 PM till 7:00. We are still seeking out potential ringers (with or without experience) to expand our hand bell choir. The handbell choir performs several times a year for particular worship services and other church events.

Other instrumentalists are needed to assist in leading the worship in our sunday services. If you play an instrument adequately enough, there may well be a place for you, either in our main Sunday services, or assisting in other ministries.

Our Organist/Choir director's VITA

Hildegard Cox (née Holland-Cunz) was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Her immigrant father, Richard Holland-Cunz, from Germany had already settled in Venezuela before WWII, and her mother, Ilona Indrikovs, from Latvia, immigrated with her parents to Venezuela at the end of WWII.

After finishing her Piano and Pedagogy studies in Caracas at the Juan Manuel Olivares Conservatory, Cox was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan Government to further pursue her musical studies at the Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunst * in Vienna, Austria, where she studied with Michael Radulescu and earned the Master of Arts Degree in Organ Performance in 1987. From 1987 to 2000 she lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where she attended the University of Southern Mississippi and studied organ with Professor Paul Andersen. Dr. Cox was awarded the DMA in Organ Performance and Pedagogy from USM in 1999.

Parallel to her studies at USM, Dr. Cox served 13 years as the organist/choirmaster at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Laurel, Mississippi. She also worked as an independent piano/organ teacher and accompanist in Hattiesburg and was an active member of the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League serving as HMTL President from 1998 - 2000. August 2000, Hildegard and her husband Allan moved to Nashville, Tennessee (Allan had been appointed Trumpet Professor at the Blair School of Music). She served as the organist at Nashville's Second Presbyterian Church (August 2000 - March 2003), Christ the King Catholic Church (April 2003 - December 2007), and choir director and organist at Christ the King (September 2005 - December 2007). Since February 08, she serves as the organist and choir director at the Episcopal/Anglican Church of the Resurrection, Franklin.

Dr. Holland Cox has given a number of solo organ recitals and participated in numerous chamber music concerts in Austria, Germany, Japan, Poland, Venezuela, and the United States.

In the last 6 years Allan and Hildegard Cox have been concertizing as a trumpet/organ duo, presenting recitals in the US, Japan, and Germany. Their first trumpet and organ CD, A Musical Banquet, recorded at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, will be released in 2010.