Bite your tongue. Ed Kingins is just getting started. For the last 50 years, he has been the music director at Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit. Think about that — 50 years at one job. Amazing.
“I don’t feel old,” says Kingins, who is 80 years young. “I feel like life will go on forever, as long as I do what I do.” What’s his secret? It’s simple really. Kingins loves music, and he loves the people he works with. But more than anything, he loves where he works, at this beautiful church, originally built in 1855.
Which also happens to be the year that Kingins was hired. OK, no, just teasing.
“I’ve spent my life in that place,” Kingins says. “I love being in the majesty of that place, being able to make music there. The acoustics are exceptional. They are very gracious. It’s an incredibly beautiful place.”
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