Music at the Cathedral
Joshua H. Coble, Organist and Choirmaster
Josh comes from First United Methodist Church in Montgomery, where he has served for eight of his total twenty years of experience as a church music director and organist.
Josh holds a master’s degree in sacred music from Samford University and a doctorate in organ performance from the University of Alabama. He has also served congregations in Nashville, Tennessee and Madison and Birmingham, Alabama before moving to Montgomery. Josh has worked with adult, youth, and children’s choirs, as well as hand bell choirs, and he enjoys teaching and sharing his love of organ performance.
Mollie Adams
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Mollie Adams is a warm, vibrant soprano gaining a reputation for her "animated stage presence and vivacious and strong soprano voice." Cultivating a wide-ranging career of singing opera, oratorio, art song, jazz, and chamber music, Ms. Adams has been seen in a wide scope of musical performances. She has been an active recitalist and soloist, with an emphasis on art song interpretations.
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Ms. Adams recently performed the role of Annina, from Verdi's opera La Traviata, with Mobile Opera. She was last seen on the stage with Mobile Opera Company in the role of Mary Stone in The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Douglas Moore. Previous roles and performances have included The Mikado, Dvorak requiem, and several solo performances.
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Her collaborations with the Magnolia Chamber Orchestra have brought her throughout the Gulf Coast, presenting early chamber works of Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach. Equally at home with new works, Ms. Adams premiered the role of Ms. Dara in Dan Shore’s NOA chamber award winning opera, An Embarrassing Position. She was also praised for her “fine acting and vocal performance” as the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos.
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Throughout her career, Ms. Adams has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The White House, Mount Vernon, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Disney World, The Cutler Majestic Theater, and performed with numerous touring shows and performers.
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Ms. Adams is a dynamic performer of sacred music ranging from Jewish folk song to Anglican music, with an interest in both solo and choral collaborations. Her educational outreach and interpretations of jazz and art song has also proven to be a favorite of audiences.
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Ms. Adams is a Voice Instructor and Adjunct Professor at the University of Mobile and keeps an active teaching studio. She is continually studying the importance of voice science in pedagogy and her use of functional voice technique helps her students to thrive in both the classical and contemporary realms of singing.
Myles Garver
For nearly two centuries, Christ Church has enjoyed beautiful organ music within its walls. Over the years, four different pipe organs have occupied this space. Ours is an organ tradition we can be proud of and must maintain. Our pipe organ has been the “voice of our space,” and with continued maintenance it can play this role for generations to come.
Please support our historic organ by contributing to the Cathedral Organ Fund.