Music

Music Program

Our music program is directed by our Board of Music.

Our Chancel choir sings each week at the regular Sunday services, and at special services such as Palm Sunday. We also have a small—but very talented—chamber orchestra, under the leadership of church member Rowena Carr.

We also have many special events in which the entire congregation is encouraged to join in, such as annual Christmas caroling.

Feel free to contact the church office if you have any questions about the music program in general, or if you would like to participate in any part of our music ministry. We are always looking for new talent!

Performances by our Members

Chorus #44 (“Hallelujah!”) from The Messiah, by G. F. Handel

Members of our congregation have performed the Hallelujah Chorus three times so far (Christmas 2002, Easter 2003, and Christmas 2003).

Here are a couple of recordings of the performances:

• The 2003 Easter performance (April 20, 2003. MP3 format, 4:13 long, 2.4 MBytes). Directed and accompanied by our former interim Music Director, Jared Holland.
• The 2003 Christmas performance (December 21, 2003. MP3 format, 3:53 long, 4.6 MBytes). Directed and accompanied by our former Director of Music Ministry, R. Scott White.

Gloria in D Major, RV589, by A. Vivaldi

So far, we have done the first movement of the Gloria once:

• The 2004 Easter performance (April 11, 2004. MP3 format, 2:20 long, 2.8 MBytes). Directed and accompanied by our former Director of Music Ministry, R. Scott White. (Unfortunately, we did not have the microphones set up for best recording; however, the recording still sounds fairly good, all things considered.) The picture above was taken by congregation member Greg Carr, during that performance.

Technical Notes

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Note: Because the pieces are several minutes long, these files may take some time to download if you are using a slow connection. We apologize for the size, but it's really unavoidable — music takes up a lot of room.

You can also download the audio files to your computer and listen to them later if you prefer. The instructions for this vary with your computer and browser...

• Windows – “Right-click” on one of the links above, and select “Save target as…” or “Save link as…”.
• Macintosh – “Control-click” on one of the links above, and select “Save target as…” or “Download link to disk”.

Consult the online “help” in your browser for additional information about downloading a file to your local disk.