A Sing For Joy Hymn Festival
“Through the Church the Song Goes On”
Sunday, February 5th – 4:00 p.m.
Led by
The Rev. Alexandra Mauney Jacob and Mr. Andrew Jacob,
Directors of Sing For Joy.
The Chancel Choir of Trinity English Lutheran Church
assisted by Robert Hobby and Evan Anderson.
Sing For Joy is a nationally syndicated radio program of commentary and sacred music produced by
St. Olaf College. This hymn festival will be recorded for inclusion on a later broadcast.
The event is open to the public; a free-will offering will be received.
“Through the Church the Song Goes On”
Sunday, February 5th – 4:00 p.m.
Led by
The Rev. Alexandra Mauney Jacob and Mr. Andrew Jacob,
Directors of Sing For Joy.
The Chancel Choir of Trinity English Lutheran Church
assisted by Robert Hobby and Evan Anderson.
Sing For Joy is a nationally syndicated radio program of commentary and sacred music produced by
St. Olaf College. This hymn festival will be recorded for inclusion on a later broadcast.
The event is open to the public; a free-will offering will be received.
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BIOS:
Andrew Jacob holds an active career as an organist and church musician. He has appeared as a recitalist and hymn festival leader around the country in academic institutions and churches of various denominations. A multiple prize winner, he placed first in the 2019 Ruth and Paul Manz Scholarship Competition administered by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He was the recipient of 2020 American Guild of Organists’ Student Commissioning Project Grant, and was awarded the 2021 Richard VanScriver Church Music Scholarship in Organ through Metropolitan Music Ministries in Charlotte, NC. In addition to his role with Sing For Joy, Andy serves as the Organist and Co-Director of Music at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN, a congregation with a long history of excellence in the arts. He has held past positions at churches in Greensboro, NC, Atlanta, GA, and Northfield, MN. Andy’s greatest joy at the organ comes when leading a worshiping congregation in song. He regularly incorporates improvisation into his service playing, working to find ways to exegete hymn texts through music. He has been invited to coach hymn playing and improvisation techniques at continuing education conference for organists and church musicians. Andy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from St. Olaf College and a Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) where he was a Kenan Organ Scholar. His primary teachers have included Dr. Catherine Rodland and James E. Bobb at St. Olaf and Dr. Timothy Olsen at UNCSA.
Rev. Alexandra M. Jacob begins her ministry as host of Sing For Joy on June 12, 2022, The Feast of the Holy Trinity. Rev. Jacob serves as the Associate Pastor for Families, Youth, and Children at Westminster Presbyterian Church in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. She spends her days at WPC working with dynamic and curious young people, and she enjoys being part of a collaborative pastoral team who share responsibilities for preaching, teaching, worship leadership, and pastoral care. Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Alexandra moved north to earn her Bachelor of Music in Church Music from St. Olaf College, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Experiences in church internships throughout her college years helped Alexandra to discern a “holy nudge” away from the organ bench and towards the pulpit, font, and table. She followed this call and completed a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary, where she graduated with honors and received a grant for further study in music & worship, and the award for graduating student with the strongest academic paper in theology. During her time in seminary, Alexandra sang with the Atlanta Master Chorale and the Evensong choir at St. Philip’s Cathedral, and she directed the Seminary Choir as part of her work in the seminary Office of Worship Life. Upon graduation, Alexandra accepted a call to the pastoral residency program for new pastors at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC, where she discerned a growing sense of call to work with young people and their families. That call led her to Minneapolis, where she and her husband Andy are making their home. In addition to her pastoral responsibilities at Westminster, Alexandra has enjoyed writing for Lutheran and Presbyterian publications, including Sundays & Seasons and Call to Worship. When she and Andy aren’t talking hymnody and liturgy, Alexandra enjoys exploring Minnesota State Parks, biking around the Minneapolis lakes, and reading.
Andrew Jacob holds an active career as an organist and church musician. He has appeared as a recitalist and hymn festival leader around the country in academic institutions and churches of various denominations. A multiple prize winner, he placed first in the 2019 Ruth and Paul Manz Scholarship Competition administered by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He was the recipient of 2020 American Guild of Organists’ Student Commissioning Project Grant, and was awarded the 2021 Richard VanScriver Church Music Scholarship in Organ through Metropolitan Music Ministries in Charlotte, NC. In addition to his role with Sing For Joy, Andy serves as the Organist and Co-Director of Music at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN, a congregation with a long history of excellence in the arts. He has held past positions at churches in Greensboro, NC, Atlanta, GA, and Northfield, MN. Andy’s greatest joy at the organ comes when leading a worshiping congregation in song. He regularly incorporates improvisation into his service playing, working to find ways to exegete hymn texts through music. He has been invited to coach hymn playing and improvisation techniques at continuing education conference for organists and church musicians. Andy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from St. Olaf College and a Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) where he was a Kenan Organ Scholar. His primary teachers have included Dr. Catherine Rodland and James E. Bobb at St. Olaf and Dr. Timothy Olsen at UNCSA.
Rev. Alexandra M. Jacob begins her ministry as host of Sing For Joy on June 12, 2022, The Feast of the Holy Trinity. Rev. Jacob serves as the Associate Pastor for Families, Youth, and Children at Westminster Presbyterian Church in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. She spends her days at WPC working with dynamic and curious young people, and she enjoys being part of a collaborative pastoral team who share responsibilities for preaching, teaching, worship leadership, and pastoral care. Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Alexandra moved north to earn her Bachelor of Music in Church Music from St. Olaf College, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Experiences in church internships throughout her college years helped Alexandra to discern a “holy nudge” away from the organ bench and towards the pulpit, font, and table. She followed this call and completed a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary, where she graduated with honors and received a grant for further study in music & worship, and the award for graduating student with the strongest academic paper in theology. During her time in seminary, Alexandra sang with the Atlanta Master Chorale and the Evensong choir at St. Philip’s Cathedral, and she directed the Seminary Choir as part of her work in the seminary Office of Worship Life. Upon graduation, Alexandra accepted a call to the pastoral residency program for new pastors at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC, where she discerned a growing sense of call to work with young people and their families. That call led her to Minneapolis, where she and her husband Andy are making their home. In addition to her pastoral responsibilities at Westminster, Alexandra has enjoyed writing for Lutheran and Presbyterian publications, including Sundays & Seasons and Call to Worship. When she and Andy aren’t talking hymnody and liturgy, Alexandra enjoys exploring Minnesota State Parks, biking around the Minneapolis lakes, and reading.