Rehearsing "In the Garden"

Choirmaster and organist Stephen L. Furches directs the St. Dunstan's Episcopal church in Sandy Springs during a nighttime practice. The choir will debut an original choral piece called "In the Garden" by James Stevenson, on Palm Sunday, March 16. The commission was paid for by a fund established by the late Charlie Yates, a churchmember who also happened to be a former president of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The Yates fund will pay for a new original workevery year. Sara Hopkins/Special