Have you ever thought about joining the choir, but worried about making the commitment? Summer pick-up choir is just the thing for you! On the second Sunday of each summer month the pick-up choir meets in the choir room at 9:00 am and learns an easy anthem to offer at the 10:00 worship. This choir is open to older children, youth and adults. The remaining dates for pick-up choir this summer are July 8 and August 12. Please contact Megan Sharp, Director of Fine Arts if you have questions.
Music Notes – May 27, 2018
This Sunday is the last Sunday the choir sings before its summer break. We will sing two anthems, the first being “Lord, Here Am I,” by the Minnesota-based composer Stephen Paulus (1949-2014). The piece sets a poem by Herbert Brokering (1926-2009), a Lutheran pastor, poet, and hymn writer. The second anthem is a setting by Alan Bullard of “The Peace of God,” a traditional Hebridean blessing.
Music Notes – May 20, 2018
This Sunday is Pentecost, and a small group from the choir will sing the anthem, “O Breath of life,” by the British composer Alan Bullard, incorporating a traditional English folk tune. The organ music this Sunday is by Maurice Duruflé, from his “Prelude, Adagio, et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator.” Duruflé was a French organist, composer, and perfectionist who was famously critical of his own compositions. He published very little, and continued to revise pieces even after they had appeared in print.
Music Notes – May 13, 2018
This week the Choristers and Singers will be participating in worship, singing three different anthems. The two choirs will combine for “Wade in the Water,” in an arrangement by Bruce Trinkley. This is a traditional African-American spiritual whose words have a dual meaning — on the one hand, they refer to the practice of baptism, but also served as advice to runaway slaves that they should use water to throw bloodhounds off their scent. The “Moses” referred to in the song could mean both the Biblical figure and Harriet Tubman, who led many slaves to freedom. The Choristers will also sing “Spirit Boundless,” by Betty Ann Ramseth, which incorporates the 17th-century German chorale, “Werde Munter.” The final anthem is “When You Pass Through the Waters,” a setting by Paul Weber of Isaiah 43:1-3.
Music Notes — May 6, 2018
This week the adult choir sings two anthems. The first, Cantate Domino, by the Italian baroque composer Giuseppe Pitoni, is a setting of the first verses of Psalm 98. The second is a choral arrangement of the song, “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love,” which was originally written by Fr. Peter Scholtes in the 1960s. The choir will sing an arrangement by our own Daniel Grotz, who has sung with the choir throughout his time as a student at UVA. Now in his fourth year, Daniel will graduate in two weeks with a bachelor’s degree, having majored in both music and English.
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