MUSIC IN OUR LITURGY

Music at Christ Church strives to lift minds and hearts. Part of our mission is to be a “training ground” for future church musicians. We preserve, and learn from established liturgical models that enrich communal liturgical prayer.  We incorporate a broad-range of music styles into our liturgies and foster the evolution of practices to meet the ongoing needs of our community.

SUNDAY MUSIC (please scroll down for compleat list)

SUNDAY 11:00 A. M.  EUCHARIST

• CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR: Stephen Kennedy, Conductor (sings from the Sunday after Labor Day through Pentecost)

• CHRIST CHURCH CONSORT (Renaissance and Baroque instrumentalists from the Eastman School of Music accompany choral motets during the academic year)

• CRAIGHEAD-SAUNDERS BAROQUE ORGAN (preludes, postludes, and accompaniment to hymn singing and motets)

• HANDBELL CHOIR – Steven Seigart, Conductor (seasonal performances)

SUNDAY 8:50 P. M.  PRELUDE TO COMPLINE

• Preludes played on the Craighead-Saunders Organ by organ students from the Eastman School of Music and guest artists.

SUNDAY 9:00 P. M.  COMPLINE

• The Office of Compline is Christ Church’s most popular liturgy. The Schola Cantorum sings the Office of Compline by candlelight to a large congregation each Sunday evening from October through April at 9:00 P.M.

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT SERIES

Candlelight Concerts precede Compline on the first Sunday of each month (October–April) at 8:30 P.M. Friends of Music  supports this concert series. Receptions follow Compline on these Sundays at 9:30 P.M.. Please contact us if you would like to receive emails concerning upcoming concerts.

• November 6: David Baskeyfield plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ

• December 4: Ensemble AD HOC; Mozart's E-flat Serenade, K. 375

• February 5: Catherine Rodland plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ

• March 4: Shinon Nakagawa plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ

• April 1: John Allegar plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ