St. Anne’s musical team to talk at Adult Forum

Learn about the role “sacred music” plays in the historical and contemporary relationship between Church and State during St. Anne's Episcopal Church’s Fall Adult Forum Lecture Series.

The series, which examines the role of the Church in American political life, continues at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the church’s Parish Hall, 199 Duke of Gloucester St. in Annapolis, Md., The event is free and open to the public.

J. Ernest Green, director of music and choirmaster at St. Anne's, and Larry Molinaro, the church’s associate director of music and its organist, will speak at the forum.

The two are well known around Annapolis. Green has served as Live Arts Maryland’s artistic director for more than 40 years. He’s also music director of the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and Annapolis Chorale. Molinaro serves as harpsichordist for the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra and is co-director of the Bach+ series for St. Anne’s and Live Arts Maryland.

The public is invited to attend this forum, and the next forum which will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Parish Hall. The Nov. 15 talk by the Rev. Dr. Manoj Mathew Zacharia, rector of St. Anne’s, will serve as the capstone of the eight-week Adult Forum series.