Harmonia Sacra Sing

From the Harmonia Sacra Society website:  harmoniasacrasociety.org

"The Harmonia Sacra Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Joseph Funk, a Southern shaped-note hymnal publisher and singing school instructor.  Funk (1778-1862) was the publisher of Harmonia Sacra, a hymnal still in use today in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.  He was a founder of the village of Singers Glen in Rockingham County, where his house still stands.

The society will use its endowment to preserve the Funk house, eventually using it as a headquarters and museum.  We also promote regular singings from the Harmonia Sacra, research into Funk’s life and work, and remembrance of Funk’s influence on modern congregational singing in the Mennonite church and elsewhere."

"First Sunday in August.  Old Hamburg Church, 200 Hamburg Road, Luray, VA, 10 a.m., with dinner on the grounds followed by afternoon singing.  Unique among the Valley sings, held in a 165-year old log meetinghouse with excellent acoustics."

From I-81, take the New Market exit (U.S. 211) and drive east, over the mountain.  After crossing the Shenandoah River, turn north (left) onto Hwy 766 and go a mile or so to the small village of Hamburg, west of Luray.  The old church is on the left.

For more information on any of these sings, check the “Harmonia Sacra Singers” on Facebook or contact the Harmonia Sacra Society:

183 Grandview Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22802

or call:  (540) 433-9225

or one of these email addresses:

harmoniasacra@aol.com
info@harmoniasacrasociety.org