Adult Choir will be starting again on Thursday, September 4th at 7:30. We'll rehearse for about an hour and then have some refreshments and catch up from the summer.
I hope everyone will be back from last year and new members are most certainly welcome too. You only need to be interested in singing to join!
Saturday, 23 August 2014
The Music This Summer: 2014
Well! I have not done well at updating this blog through the summer! My apologies. We've been travelling quite a bit and my mind has been on summer things.
We still have a few weeks of soloists and small ensembles left which I hope you will enjoy. But now I am enjoying planning our fall and Christmas music too!
Look for more regular updates around mid-September when the adult choir starts up again.
We still have a few weeks of soloists and small ensembles left which I hope you will enjoy. But now I am enjoying planning our fall and Christmas music too!
Look for more regular updates around mid-September when the adult choir starts up again.
Friday, 11 July 2014
The Music This Week: July 13th, 2014
The summer months tend to be a little more haphazard in terms of planning the music to illustrate the sermon. First of all, with both myself and Scott being away at various points, there isn't as much of an opportunity to plan things. Secondly, our wonderful soloists and small ensemble often want to chose there own music which may or may not line up with the topic of the sermon.
So this week, when I was choosing what to play for the prelude, postlude, and offertory, I thought we were going to have a very musically disjointed service. Scott's sermon is on the summer blockbuster Jaws and Gabrielle and Zoe McAndless are going to sing "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent. Seemingly completely different, but I was delighted when I realized Scott will be discussing how things don't always go according to plan (in relation to the movie) and that is basically what the musical Rent is about.
Prelude: Jaws (Theme from the Film) - By John Williams
Musical Reflection: Seasons of Love - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent), Performed by Gabrielle and Zoe McAndless
Offertory: Will I? - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent)
Postlude: I'll Cover You - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent)
So this week, when I was choosing what to play for the prelude, postlude, and offertory, I thought we were going to have a very musically disjointed service. Scott's sermon is on the summer blockbuster Jaws and Gabrielle and Zoe McAndless are going to sing "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent. Seemingly completely different, but I was delighted when I realized Scott will be discussing how things don't always go according to plan (in relation to the movie) and that is basically what the musical Rent is about.
Prelude: Jaws (Theme from the Film) - By John Williams
Musical Reflection: Seasons of Love - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent), Performed by Gabrielle and Zoe McAndless
Offertory: Will I? - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent)
Postlude: I'll Cover You - By Jonathan Larson (from Rent)
Saturday, 5 July 2014
The Music This Week: July 6th, 2014
This week is all about Canada and God's gifts to Canada. I've chosen an arrangement of How Firm a Foundation for the postlude because the idea of the church as a foundation reminds me the idea of our country as a foundation. For the prelude, I will be playing an arrangement of This is Our Father's World because it speaks of the beauty of our world, which Canada has an abundance of.
Roddie will be using his lovely, rich voice to help us worship during the musical reflection and the offertory.
Side Note: I will be away a lot over the next few weeks, and while I intend to update this blog every week, that may be a bit ambitious, and I apologize in advance if there is a lapse.
Roddie will be using his lovely, rich voice to help us worship during the musical reflection and the offertory.
Side Note: I will be away a lot over the next few weeks, and while I intend to update this blog every week, that may be a bit ambitious, and I apologize in advance if there is a lapse.
Saturday, 28 June 2014
The Music This Week: June 28th 2014
I'm delighted that Alysha and Michelle Harris will be singing a duet for us tomorrow. Scott's sermon is on diversity and the two will be singing a beautiful piece called Al Shlosham D'Varim by Allan E. Naplan. They are very talented singers (as you will have heard last week in the Youth Choir musical interlude!) and sound great together because they are sisters.
For the prelude, offertory, and postlude I essentially chose random pieces to try to get as much variety, or diversity, as possible. The titles will not be the bulletin tomorrow, so they are listed below.
Prelude: Only Hope - By Jonathan Foreman, arr. Carol Tornquist
Offertory: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Carol Tornquist
Postlude: Marche Royale - By Jean Baptiste Lully, arr. S. Drummond Wolff
For the prelude, offertory, and postlude I essentially chose random pieces to try to get as much variety, or diversity, as possible. The titles will not be the bulletin tomorrow, so they are listed below.
Prelude: Only Hope - By Jonathan Foreman, arr. Carol Tornquist
Offertory: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Carol Tornquist
Postlude: Marche Royale - By Jean Baptiste Lully, arr. S. Drummond Wolff
Saturday, 21 June 2014
The Music This Week: June 22nd, 2014
We have a very special treat this week. The topic of Scott's sermon is beauty and the Youth Choir has put together a musical interlude about the creation story and God's beautiful creation. They've been working hard for weeks. The choral pieces are sounding lovely, we have some great soloists, and one song and the script are original creations by our youth. A number of songs will illustrate different aspect of the creation story.
For the prelude, offertory, and postlude I've chosen three piece from the movie Pride and Prejudice (2005 version) purely because of the beauty of the music from that film. I've listed the pieces below because the didn't make it into the bulletin.
Prelude: Dawn - by Dario Marianelli
Offertory: The Living Sculptures of Pemberley - by Dario Marianelli
Postlude: Leaving Netherfield - by Dario Marianelli
For the prelude, offertory, and postlude I've chosen three piece from the movie Pride and Prejudice (2005 version) purely because of the beauty of the music from that film. I've listed the pieces below because the didn't make it into the bulletin.
Prelude: Dawn - by Dario Marianelli
Offertory: The Living Sculptures of Pemberley - by Dario Marianelli
Postlude: Leaving Netherfield - by Dario Marianelli
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The Music This Week: June 15th, 2014
We're into our summer season now, so the adult choir is finished for the year and most weeks we will have soloists or small ensembles.
This week Margaret McKenzie-Leighton is going to sing for us. One of her pieces is accompanied by organ and I thought it had been a little while since we had organ music for preludes and offertories, so I chose to focus on organ music this week.
The piece I am most excited about is a 20th-century piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Margaret is going to be singing "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life." It's very different from anything I've done since I arrived at St. Andrew's. It has a folk-like melody with lush 20th-century harmonies. It won't be to everyone's tastes, but it is a beautiful piece.
This week Margaret McKenzie-Leighton is going to sing for us. One of her pieces is accompanied by organ and I thought it had been a little while since we had organ music for preludes and offertories, so I chose to focus on organ music this week.
The piece I am most excited about is a 20th-century piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Margaret is going to be singing "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life." It's very different from anything I've done since I arrived at St. Andrew's. It has a folk-like melody with lush 20th-century harmonies. It won't be to everyone's tastes, but it is a beautiful piece.
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