Chattahoochee Musical Convention

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The Chattahoochee Musical Convention is the oldest existing Sacred Harp musical convention.

Plans were laid for the convention in the fall of 1851 at the home of composer Oliver Bradfield, north of Newnan, Georgia. It was organized in 1852 in western Georgia at Macedonia Baptist Church in Coweta County. The convention missed a few sessions during the American Civil War. It has met annually since resuming after the war, with the exception of 1881. The Convention has met at Wilson's Chapel near Carrollton, Georgia every year since 1989.

[edit] References

• The Chattahoochee Musical Convention, 1852-2002: A Sacred Harp Historical Sourcebook. Edited by Kiri Miller. ISBN 1-887617-13-2
• The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music, Buell E. Cobb, Jr. ISBN 0-8203-1022-0

[edit] External links

• Sound files from the 150th Chattahoochee Musical Convention, held in Wilson’s Chapel, Carrollton, Georgia, August 2-4, 2002; from pilgrimproduction.net
• Minutes of the 2002 Convention, from fasola.org.