Music
 

 

We are called to sing God’s praises and to convey His unconditional love. Our music brings God’s people together and enhances the joy in our worship experience. Through prayer, worship, and scripture, we become followers of Christ. There are many opportunities for vocal and instrumental musicians of all ages and abilities to make a joyful noise unto the Lord.

Senior Choir: This group of high-school-age through adult singers rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7:45 to 9:00. We sing at most Sunday services from September through May, in addition to Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday.

Junior Choir: These singers from Kindergarten through sixth grade get together on Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to noon for several weeks preceding the Christmas season and again before Easter. We sing on Christmas Eve, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, and Mother’s Day.

Special Music: Musicians of every kind are encouraged to perform during church services throughout the year.

Other gigs: Several members of the Senior Choir participate in the Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve service and the Community Christmas Chorus each year. In past years we have had a spring talent show and a Lenten Choral Evensong (in combination with All Saints’ Church in Chelmsford), and we are planning to have a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in December 2009.

Stay tuned: Keep your eye on the website calendar, the Lion’s Roar (our monthly newsletter), and the weekly service bulletin for news on upcoming musical events.

Sing joyfully!

Lisa Lofdahl
Minister of Music
978-369-8767
llofdahl@comcast.net



Spring & Summer 2010 Anthem List

April 4th:
Hear the News this Easter Morn
Joel Raney
Easter Festival Choir
Cheryl and Patrick Fournier, trumpeters
Lara Lofdahl and Michael Regner, bell ringers
 
April 11th:
Now the Green Blade Riseth
French Carol, arr. Simon Andrews
Senior Choir
 
April 18th:
Crown of Thorns, Crown of Glory
arr. Mark Schweizer
after Fauré’s "Pavane," Opus 50
Senior Choir
Laura Finkelstein, flute
 
April 25th:
Special prelude: Schubert’s "Ave Maria" by the Westford Academy String Sextet.)
Brother James’s Air
C. Armstrong Gibbs
Senior Choir
 
May 2nd:
Psalm 148
Mark Patterson
Senior Choir
 
May 9th:
N/A (MOTHER’S DAY SING-ALONG)
 
May 16th:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
arr. Richard Shephard
Senior Choir
 
May 23rd:
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Jaques Berthier
Senior Choir
 
May 30th:
N/A (GUEST ORGANIST ULIANA CLARK)
 
June 6th:
Pie Jesu
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Connor and Lisa Lofdahl, duettists
 
June 13th:
N/A (CHURCH PICNIC)
 
June 20th:
How Can I Keep From Singing
American Folk Song, arr. Richard Walters
Michael Regner and Lisa Lofdahl, duettists
 
June 27th:
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Beethoven’s Hymn to Joy, arr. Lloyd Larson
Senior Choir