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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Do you remember last spring’s volcano eruption in Iceland that shut down Europe’s air corridors for weeks*? The people of St. Mark’s in St. Louis do. The culmination of the building and installation process of the new organ was to be celebrated with a dedicatory recital by world renowned artist Clive Driskill-Smith, who was stuck on the tarmac in the U.K.
The recital has been rescheduled to 7:30 PM Friday, Feb. 25th.
Driskill-Smith, organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England, will play his original recital program planned for the April dedication. The program will include works by English composers Sir William Harris and Charles Villiers Stanford, French composers Cesar Franck and Marcel Dupre, and contemporary Swiss composer Guy Bovet, as well as Bach and Mozart. The recital is cosponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
The tracker design organ was built by the Canadian firm of Juget-Sinclair Organ builders and is their first instrument in Missouri. It’s receiving rave reviews by previous recitalists for the quality of workmanship in both visual effect as well as sound. The organ was largely funded by a bequest from parishioner Ruth Proehl.
St. Mark’s is located at 4714 Clifton Ave. in St. Louis Hills just west of the intersection of Hampton Ave. and Nottingham. For further information call the church at 314-832-3588. Admission: Free. Disabled Access at East Entrance.
* The Icelandic volcano takes its name from the glacier it lies beneath, Eyjafjallajokull . Extra points if you can pronounce it.
Tags: Music, Organ
Posted in Metro III, St Mark-St Louis | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Street Fair. This year’s Flower Festival at Christ Church Cathedral features a street fair with a little something extra. The theme is Green Stewards and Innovators and visitors will find entertainment mixed with thought-provoking information. Following the 11 am service on Saturday, May 1, visitors will emerge from the cool interior of the flower filled cathedral onto 13th street to sample festival booths. Many parishes from the diocese are participating this year. Here is a partial list of what to anticipate: (more…)
Tags: Diocese of Missouri, Event, Music, parish
Posted in Cathedral, Diocese-wide, Metro II | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
 With the cathedral adorned with flowers from the annual festival, many concert goers think music sounds sweeter at this time of year. Special festival music this year includes another appearance by the Collegium Vocale of St. Louis. At 7:30 pm, Saturday, May 1, the vocal chamber ensemble will present “A Bouquet of Baroque Beauties,” accompanied by an ensemble of violins, harpsichord, theorbo, and cello. (more…)
Tags: Evensong, Music, Special Service
Posted in Cathedral, Diocese-wide, Metro II | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Video and full text online at KSDK.com.
 As of late, St. Stephens Church is Ferguson is making a lot of noise. “St. Stephens the Church is like a lot of these churches that are having a hard time growing,” said Steve Lawler. Inspiration for Episcopal priest Steve Lawler to start a new page. “We realized the traditional arts community and cultural community in St. Louis doesn’t always serve North County.”
And realizing the power of music,  Lawler started a guitar program open to children and young adults. “This is really our attempt to put the guitar and music lesson and all of that in the hands of kids who might not be able to have this opportunity.”
Tags: Congregational Resource, Mission, Music, Outreach, Youth
Posted in Kemper, St Stephen | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
from the Rev. Dr. Lydia Agnew Speller,
 St. Mark’s Church will celebrate the completion of two huge projects this Sunday, November 22nd at 10 a.m., a new pipe organ and a new accessible entrance.
The congregation will gather in the parish hall and process to the new East Entrance, often referred to as the “Jewel Box” because of its small size and resemblance to the building in Forest Park. After prayers of thanksgiving, selected parishioners have been invited to participate in a ceremonial “first ascent” in the elevator. (more…)
Tags: Award, Building, Legacy, Music
Posted in Metro III, St Mark-St Louis | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
St. Matthew’s Church, 1100 Grove St, Mexico
Sunday, October 4, at 10 am.
Songs for the Unsung: Heroes of the Holocaust is a multi media performance that tells the story of six Christians rescuers using words, images, and music. There have been 21,758 rescuers designated as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Jewish Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority. Songs for the Unsung tells their collective story. This one hour presentation’s main theme is: “Those who save a soul, it is as if they saved the world.” Songs for the Unsung challenges us all to act with conscience and courage in our own lives.
Nancy Tunick is a Nashville based cantorial soloist and composer who currently serves at Temple B’nai Israel, Florence, Alabama. She will assist in leading the 10 a.m. service of Morning Prayer, singing portions of the service in Hebrew. (Parts of the prayer book service with a close Hebrew equivalent will be done in both the words of the BCP and sung in Hebrew.)
Accompanying on guitar is Scott Whitehead. He is Nashville based songwriter, musician, producer and manager, and is a native of Wellsville, Missouri.
Refreshments served following the program.
Babysitting available.
Phone 573-684-2610
Email: whiteheads@starband.net
nancytunick.com
myspace.com/hometownnews
Tags: Interfaith, Music
Posted in St. Matthew-Mexico, West | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Beginning at 4:00 p.m., Church of the Ascension hosts this year’s Jubilee featuring groups from all around the St. Louis area and from several denominations. In addition to music from several styles, there will be gospel based spiritual skits. Ascension is located at 4520 Lucas & Hunt Road South of Highway 70 at Groveland. Great food is another Jubilee tradition, and will be served after the program. Georgia Harrell from Ascension’s Jubilee programming committee says, “We welcome everyone to come join us for an evening of spiritual uplift with prayers songs, and praise dancing. A free will offering will help support our Ministries, but this is not a fundraising event, this is a fellowship event!”
Tags: Fellowship, Gospel, Music
Posted in Ascension, Metro II | No Comments »
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