Our Directors Jeanie Lipscomb: Founder of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit. Co-Founder with Linda W. Heard of “A Classical Christmas” in 2004. In 2005, Ms. Lipscomb secured a director and named The Cumming Playhouse Singers. Since childhood, she has enjoyed music and has sung in her church choir. She performed “Ah, Je Veux Vivre” by Tschaivosky in the Miss Atlanta Pageant and auditioned for the Grace Moore Scholarship for voice at the University of Tennessee, where she earned a Bachelor of Music Degree. Jeanie is married to the prominent attorney Emory Lipscomb and they have four children and one grand daughter. Sharon Gunter, Ph. D. has been blessed to share a love and appreciation of music in Forsyth County for several years, in both her prior businesses, STRINGS &amp; KEYS, INC, GUNTER MUSIC STUDIO, INC. and her current business, Sharon Gunter Enterprises, Inc. She is a critically acclaimed vocalist, master teacher, author, composer/arranger and lecturer. Sharon has received numerous awards including recognition as an outstanding female executive for her contribution in the field of Promoting Performing Arts by The American Biographical Institute for the year 2000. She is an active participant in the March of Dimes, the Relay for Life, Hands Across Forsyth, the United Way of Forsyth, the Feed the Hungry campaign and the Lawrence Awards benefiting the United Hospice Foundation. Dr. Gunter is Co-Founder of The Forsyth Disability Coalition, Inc with her husband, Dr. Marcus Gunter. They have one son, daughter-in-law and a grand daughter. Sharon’s latest endeavor is a joint effort with Cindy Bell creating and touring as Heavenly Expressions. L.L.C., www.heavenlyexpressions.net Marianna Carroll: is an accomplished pianist, organist and choral director with degrees in music from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Georgia. She has been a resident of Cumming for eight years and loves it! She has made many friends by assisting several local churches as organist. Marianna is a retired music teacher from the Gwinnett County Public Schools where she served as Choral Director at Norcross High School for fourteen years. Her love of choral music led her to become a proud member of the Cumming Playhouse Singers. Maintaining a successful piano studio in her home also gives her great joy. She feels that it is a fun and fabulous honor to be a part of the enormously talented musical community in the wonderful City of Cumming. en Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:54:00 UT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.aclassicalchristmas.org/index.shtml <p><u><strong>Our Directors</strong></u></p> <p><em>Jeanie Lipscomb</em>: Founder of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit. Co-Founder with Linda W. Heard of “A Classical Christmas” in 2004. In 2005, Ms. Lipscomb secured a director and named The Cumming Playhouse Singers. Since childhood, she has enjoyed music and has sung in her church choir. She performed “Ah, Je Veux Vivre” by Tschaivosky in the Miss Atlanta Pageant and auditioned for the Grace Moore Scholarship for voice at the University of Tennessee, where she earned a Bachelor of Music Degree. Jeanie is married to the prominent attorney Emory Lipscomb and they have four children and one grand daughter.</p> <p><em>Sharon Gunter, Ph. D.</em> has been blessed to share a love and appreciation of music in Forsyth County for several years, in both her prior businesses, STRINGS &amp; KEYS, INC, GUNTER MUSIC STUDIO, INC. and her current business, Sharon Gunter Enterprises, Inc. She is a critically acclaimed vocalist, master teacher, author, composer/arranger and lecturer. Sharon has received numerous awards including recognition as an outstanding female executive for her contribution in the field of Promoting Performing Arts by The American Biographical Institute for the year 2000. She is an active participant in the March of Dimes, the Relay for Life, Hands Across Forsyth, the United Way of Forsyth, the Feed the Hungry campaign and the Lawrence Awards benefiting the United Hospice Foundation. Dr. Gunter is Co-Founder of The Forsyth Disability Coalition, Inc with her husband, Dr. Marcus Gunter. They have one son, daughter-in-law and a grand daughter. Sharon’s latest endeavor is a joint effort with Cindy Bell creating and touring as Heavenly Expressions. L.L.C., <u>www.heavenlyexpressions.net</u></p> <p><em>Marianna Carroll:</em> is an accomplished pianist, organist and choral director with degrees in music from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Georgia. She has been a resident of Cumming for eight years and loves it! She has made many friends by assisting several local churches as organist. Marianna is a retired music teacher from the Gwinnett County Public Schools where she served as Choral Director at Norcross High School for fourteen years. Her love of choral music led her to become a proud member of the Cumming Playhouse Singers. Maintaining a successful piano studio in her home also gives her great joy. She feels that it is a fun and fabulous honor to be a part of the enormously talented musical community in the wonderful City of Cumming.</p> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:29:05 UT http://www.aclassicalchristmas.org/index.shtml 42030229a3071be4ffce3ba88021d939-124673