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Music
Saint
John’s has an
active
Music Program and considers music to be one of the great tools
available to the
Church for communicating the Gospel.
·
The Choir of Saint
John’s – This
ensemble of
18 men and women provides musical leadership at all Sunday services and
at
Choral Evensong once each month during the choral season. The Choir
rehearses
every Thursday evening in the Choir Room at 7.30 from September through
June.
·
The Junior Choir – This group of young choristers provides musical
leadership
at the 10.00
a.m. service
one Sunday
each month and meets every Thursday afternoon at 5.00 for rehearsal.
·
The
Saint John's Concert Series – This annual series of four concerts
is one of
the finest musical offerings in the entire Litchfield County area.
It is funded
separately from the regular operating budget of Saint
John’s. A
brochure of the
coming year’s events is distributed every September when the
opportunity to
subscribe is offered. Full details about the Concert Series are
available from
the Parish Office or one of the Concert Series brochures in the
vestibules of the
Church or Parish House.
· The Saint
John's Chorale – This
group
of auditioned singers presents two major concerts a year at Saint
John’s. As is
the Concert
Series, the Chorale is independently funded. These wonderful
concerts will take place in the candle-lit splendor of Saint
John's
beautiful sanctuary and are a superb chance quietly, yet gloriously, to
approach the coming holidays. Muisc will include the Pergolesi, Magnificat;
Byrd, O Magnum
Mysterium; Brahms,
Marienlieder;
Poulenc, Videntes
stellam; and Finzi, In
Terra Pax
· The Organ
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