Singing Together
Ben Keseley
A week that will change us

We have all been given a special and profound gift in our Holy Week & Easter liturgies and its music. It is a gift that will change us. It is a gift that will help us to know God’s love more fully and spread that love throughout the world. I hope you and your loved ones will take advantage of this gift – all of it – so that we might give thanks to our God and allow ourselves to truly experience the profound love that is made present in our time of worship together during this incredible, beautiful, and most holy week.

A week that will change us
Our Sacred Music
Ben Keseley
The Cross as a Musical Figure

Music of the Baroque (roughly 1600-1750) is known for its use of rhetorical musical figures, figures used to express the mood (affect) or text of a piece. These are used to bring the listener into deeper understanding and conversation with the music.

Singing Together
Ben Keseley
There's a wideness in God's mercy
Singing Together
Ben Keseley
Plainchant: the Sanctus and Agnus Dei

In this Lent, we seek to reconnect with God and deepen our faith through self-examination and intentional reading of scripture and prayer. At Saint George’s, our music of Lent also allows us to reconnect with the ancient music of the church through plainsong, or plainchant.

Plainchant: the Sanctus and Agnus Dei
Singing Together
Ben Keseley
The Kyrie

During penitential times, such as the season of Lent, we often pray the Kyrie in place of a hymn of praise (Gloria). The Kyrie is a prayer not just for ourselves, but for the church and the whole world. It is more than just a plea for God’s mercy, it is a call for God’s favor and an expression of praise to a merciful God who loves and cares for all things.

The Kyrie

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What is the purpose of a Choir?

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I ran across this little excerpt from a sermon that was preached by Rev. John Andrew, Rector Emeritus at St. Thomas Church in New York at the beginning of August.  I think it speaks precisely to the heart of why we do what we do, and why our singing, rehearsing and leading worship together in community is an important, holy, and powerful responsibility not to be taken lightly.  I’m so thankful to be a part of this with you all who make music together at St. George's.