Book Title: HELL IN THE CHOIRSTAND
Genre: Christian Fiction; Mystery
Paperback: 298 pages
ISBN-10: 0692214968
ISBN-13: 978-0692214961
About
The Author
Titus Pollard is a critically acclaimed Classical,
Jazz & Gospel musician, educator, clinician, playwright, and actor.
He is personally responsible for teaching some of the
most renowned artisans of contemporary music. Some of his former students have
been in the employ of Dr. Bobby Jones, Maynard Ferguson, the New York Repertory
Theatre, Kelly Price, The Clark Sisters, The O’Jays, and the Morehouse Glee
Club.
His most recent projects include the novels Hell In
The Choirstand and Living Right On Wrong Street. In addition to his writing,
his most recent projects include his role as Rev. Cole in the film A Black
Woman’s Guide to Getting Married (2008), the Gospel music CD Conversation with
a Psalmist (2007), and the musical director of the stage play The Whole House
(2008). He is probably best known for his world-renowned video instruction
series Learn to Play Gospel Piano (1989 - Present). He has been featured in
three editions of Jet magazine and BET television. He is currently the minister
of music for Springfield Baptist Church, Raleigh NC.
About the Book.
There’s no battle like a spiritual one! In HELL IN
THE CHOIRSTAND, Jeremiah David Day moves to the spiritually desolate city of
Olds, Michigan. Jeremiah, an anointed Gospel musician, receives an invitation
from Rev. Daniel Trantham, the pastor of Ezekiel Baptist Church, to become
their minister of music. Ezekiel’s congregation welcomes Jeremiah as he goes to
work establishing the music department as an army of worshippers, but Renard
Singleton, the church organist, feels that Jeremiah is unnecessarily disturbing
the natural order of things.
Renard resents being overlooked for the music
minister position, and enters into a spree of revenge against Jeremiah through
botched choir rehearsals and petty squabbles with individual singers. Renard
concentrates the majority of his activities, however, in the spiritual realm.
Unbeknownst to Jeremiah, Renard is a member of the
Society of Tyrus; a secretive, demonic cult of musicians with chapters (The
Pentagrammatory) that span across the country. Renard prepares a series of
musical spells and incantations; prescribed from their secret book (Codified
Manual of Tyrus) whose origin dates back to the 9th century and believed to be
inspired by Heaven’s (excommunicated) original chief musician, Lucifer.
Renard’s intention – use music to erect confusion among God’s people through
the worship services.
Renard’s father, Adrian, attempts to dissuade his
son’s scheme with the admission of a thirty year old family secret, but it’s to
no avail. Equipped with the new information, Renard heightens his damnable acts
– the planting of arcane devices in Bibles, morbid musical arrangements, and
secular compositions that call for the eradication of the people of God. As the
story progresses, the Tyrus Society’s annual DOA – a nationwide strategic
confusion of church worship - is fast approaching, and Renard wants to be at
the forefront of the movement.
But God has sharpened Jeremiah’s weapon.
A battle ensues as the two musicians take up arms;
Jeremiah embraces the Lord while Renard clutches the Ras el-Ain. The result is
a musical showdown amidst a worship service where human and instrumental voices
unite to summon the ear of God and mobilize an angelic host.
The Heavens are telling! HELL IN THE CHOIRSTAND is a
revelation of the power that music possesses and how faith in God restores and
upholds a people, a city, and the world.
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