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Dr. Melva Costen
Melva Wilson Costen, Visiting Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Fall, 2005, retired as Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Worship and Music, after thirty-two years at Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta GA, in July, 2005. Prior to this tenure, she served for twenty years as music teacher and organist/choir director in North Carolina and Georgia. She earned the B.A. degree at Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC; the Master of Arts in Teaching Music degree at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and the Ph.D. at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. She holds two Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degrees, and is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She chaired the committee that developed The Presbyterian Hymnal: Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs, (Westminster John Knox Press, 1990, and served on the Advisory Committee for the African American Heritage Hymnal,(GIA: 2001. Her publications include: In Spirit and In Truth (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004, African American Christian Worship, rev. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007, The Black Christian Worship Experience, (Atlanta: ITC1992) and African American Worship: Faith Looking Forward (Atlanta: ITC 2000).
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