Music
Department
Joiful Noyz
WHO: Children ages 6 to 12, regardless of church affiliation
WHAT: An ecumenical children’s choir
WHEN: Each Wednesday night ~ A simple supper will be served at 5:45 pm in the Library and practice from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm
WHERE: St. Francis Episcopal Church
WHY: The goal of this outreach program is to bring together children in our community, regardless of church affiliation, to learn to sing as a group in a spiritual context. This group will be encouraged to perform for area churches and other appropriate venues in our community and share their joyful noise.
Wonderful
Celebration
On May 23rd, we celebrated
the dedication of our new Johannus organ at 4 p.m. with an Evensong followed by
an organ recital by Kyle Ritter of The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville.
Mr. Ritter played an eclectic program which showed off the many facets of
our new instrument, playing many unusual, but beautiful pieces.
Included were works by American and English composers as well as two
lesser known works by JS Bach and a grand work by Charles Marie Widor to close
the program. We were thrilled that
the event was well-attended and we had many visitors from several area, as well
as out of town, churches for this event. I
hope the interest we generated can be carried into a regular recital series.
Many thanks to Miriam Dixon, the members of the church, the choir and
their spouses who provided us with a wonderful reception after the recital.
John Keith
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