The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Ebenezer Baptist Church formerly enjoyed a long and prosperous partnership, but it had fallen by the wayside until a chance meeting between Ebenezer’s current senior pastor Sen. Raphael Warnock, and the executive director of the orchestra, Jennifer Barlament, brought them back into fellowship .
According to Rough Draft Atlanta , Barlament and Rev. Warnock ran into each other at the Woodruff Arts Center sometime during the fall of 2024.
As Barlament tells the story, Warnock’s love of music and the arts offered the opportunity for the church and the orchestra to rekindle a dormant relationship…