Prayers for Our City: February 10, 2020 – Arts and Entertainment
“Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate His lovely name with music.” Psalm 135:3 NLT
This week, Father, we are praying about all the music that fills our city. We ask that Your hand guide those who are making decisions that will determine the future direction we take as City leaders work to create our own music identity that will “help Huntsville attract new people, product jobs, and improve its overall image.”
We pray Your blessings and help for the newly created Music Advisory Board of Directors that were presented at the January 23 City Council meeting. [In 2018, the City of Huntsville entered into an agreement with Sound Diplomacy, an internationally recognized consulting group, to conduct an extensive music audit to assess the strengths and opportunities of Huntsville’s music economy. The Music Advisory Board, an organizing body that was a key recommendation of the music audit, will work with the City to oversee the implementation of the Music Audit’s recommendations. PLEASE read all the details about this very important development here.]
As this Music Board moves forward, we pray over every decision and the four subcommittees they will oversee: outreach and marketing, industry, education, and events. (Dennis Madsen, Huntsville’s manager of urban and long-range planning, said those who are just now learning about the City’s plans should email him at Dennis.Madsen@HuntsvilleAL.gov if interested in joining a subcommittee.)
Lord, we ask You to call some of our wonderful Kingdom-minded worship musicians to be involved with this. As the position of Music Officer is created to serve as the resource person for our local music scene, we ask You to hand-select the right person!
Music Advisory Board Members
Judy Allison – Manages and performs with Josh Allison. She also works with Purple19 to conduct professional development seminars for local musicians.
Codie Gopher – Organizer of Huntsville Hip Hop Tech Conference. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a creative and executive in the music industry.
Cricket Hoffman – Founder of CodeName Underground, which provides a stage for rising hip hop and R&B artists in the area. She was also a founding member of the Kind Society and Hip Hop Live.
Mario Maitland – Founder and CEO of Maitland Conservatory, which gives music students hands-on instruction in production, contemporary instrumental training, vocal coaching, leadership and more in North Huntsville.
Chuck Rutenberg – Performer and CEO of BIZFORCE Technologies.
Celese Sanders – Performer and founder/president of Encore Opera Theatre.
DeQn Sue – Alternative-pop singer dubbed the “Queen of Quirk” by Time Magazine. She’s been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk, T-Mobile and the Netflix series, “Orange is the New Black.”
Brett Tannehill – General manager of WLRH 89.3 FM, musician, and 20-year public broadcasting veteran.
Mark Torstenson – Co-owner and manager of The Fret Shop, musician and live performance audio recording engineer for Know Huntsville.
Father, You know we have been crying out to You for the last ten years for a “house of prayer” – a place where worship music and prayer are going non-stop and all are welcome to come and soak in Your Presence. May this new Music Board help us make that a reality. As we pray in faith, we declare that the work of this new Music Advisory Board will be a blessing to Huntsville/Madison County, that it will be pleasing to You.
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