

Capital Area Music Association
2023-2024
Concert Season
CAMA 2023 Annual Fall Concert with Essence of Joy Alumni and Essence II
Featuring "Great Joy II" by Michael McElroy. Joseph Joubert and Buryl Red
Friday, November 17, 2023
Word of Grace Ministries, Harrisburg, PA
7:00pm
Christmas Concert with Essence of Joy Alumni and Essence II"
Featuring "Great Joy II" by Michael McElroy, Joseph Joubert and Buryl Red
Saturday, December 9, 2023
State Collge, PA
Time T/BA
Annual Festival of African American Music with Essence of Joy Alumni and Essence II
February, 2024 Date T/B/A
Penn State University Campus(Penn State School of Music Recital Hall)
Time T/B/A
CAMA IN PARIS
MidAmerica Choral Festival
June 6-162024
Paris France


Sun, Feb 12
|Harrisburg
The Annual Diocesan Absalom Jones Observance for the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
The Annual Diocesan Absalom Jones Observance for the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 12, 2023, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 248 Seneca St., Harrisburg, PA 17110. All are invited to attend all or a some of the events.
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2:00 PM
Harrisburg, 248 Seneca St, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA
About the event
The Annual Diocesan Absalom Jones Observance for the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 12, 2023, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 248 Seneca St., Harrisburg, PA 17110. All are invited to attend all or a some of the events.
Absalom Jones was an African American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, PA. Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church, he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787, a mutual aid society for African American in the city. The Free African Society included many people newly freed from slavery after the American Revolutionary War. Absalom Jones later founded the first black Episcopal congregation and became the first African American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
The observance begins at 2pm with the Dr. George H. Love youth essay/arts contest awards ceremony. All youth are encouraged to participate. More details and deadline for submissions will be available in early December here: https://bit.ly/2023AJLoveAwards
An Agape meal follows the awards ceremony at 3pm. The meal is simple and consists of Mediterranean foods: grapes, vegetables, cheeses, pita bread, and olive oil. The emphasis is on sharing food and fellowship with one another.
The Evensong begins at 4pm and features the St. Paul's Fellowship Choir and the Capital Area Music Association (CAMA). All of the music will be by African American composers. Singers interested in being part of the St. Paul's Fellowship Choir should contact Christyan Seay at seayct518@verizon.net or call him at 717-580-6934 by January 15.
The observance is organized and sponsored by the Bishop Nathan Baxter Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians. Donations to support this observance and other Chapter events can be made at https://donorbox.org/ube-nathan-baxter-chapter-union-black-episcopalians. Checks can be written to the Bishop Baxter Chapter, UBE and mailed to BBC UBE, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 248 Seneca St., Harrisburg, PA 17110. For more information contact us at ubebbc@gmail.com.
Schedule
2 hoursEssay Contest
1 hourEvensong with St Paul's Choir
Sanctuary