User:David Crawford Stills Jr

Mr. David Crawford Stills an American musician genius "Master Pipe Organist", born February 18, 1932 ascended to the the music Gods October 5, 2018. He was a leading Atlanta organist that graduated from Morehouse College and [Atlanta University]. He was the protégé of late Dr. Willis L. James with Joyce Johnson, Professor of Organ at [Spelman College]; Dr. Hampton Barker of Atlanta; Dr Ronald C Rice, [Cathedral of St Matthews], [Dallas], and Professor Hans Zimmerman, [Munich], [Germany]. [Mr. Stills] performed in concert throughout the United States and [Europe] and played at the [Washington Cathedral], and the historic [Riverside Church] in [New York]. In 1974, he was sponsored in a goodwill tour by the United States Department of State. The Tour included [Germany], [France], and [Italy]. Mr Stills, was a former Dean of the Atlanta Chapter,  [Atlanta Guild of Organist] (AGO), the Minister of Music at [Warren Memorial United Methodist Church], a Sales Consultant for [Chapel Music Company] and college organist at [Morehouse]. He served as Adjunct Professor of Organ at [Georgia State University], Associate Organist- Choirmaster at the 1st African American organist at the [Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Philip] in Atlanta; He worked as an educator in the [Atlanta Public School System] (APS). He served as Director of Music at the historic [Ebenezer Baptist Church] for 23 years and was the organist at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968. He is listed in [Notable Americans], [Personalities of the South], and [Dictionary of International Biography].

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