Choristers Sell Roses

Festival of Choirs

FESTIVAL OF CHOIRS

October 19 and 20, 2007
St. John's Church, Waterbury, Connecticut

St. John's, Waterbury, Connecticut
St. Luke's, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
St. Peter's, Cheshire, Connecticut
Trinity, Hartford, Connecticut
Trinity, Newtown, Connecticut

a two-day festival for 80 young singers
from five churches and towns

Richard Webster, Director
Matthew Brown, Organist

Maria Coffin, Coordinator

concluding with a service of
EVENSONG
the ancient Anglican service of sung evening prayers
Saturday, October 20, 4 p.m.
All are welcome.

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Evensong at St. Mark's, Bridgewater, Connecticut, on May 6, 2007

The Chorister Academy of St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury Connecticut, sang during the Evensong service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Bridgewater, Connecticut, on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at 4 p.m.

St. Mark's will donate the offering from that service to The Dominican Literacy Project, which was established to help Haitian children living in the Dominican Republic to help pay expenses such as building maintenance and midday meals for 120 children trying to receive an education. Haitian children in the Dominican Republic are denied status, birth certificates, and public education, according to St. Mark's.

Evensong, one of the oldest services in the Anglican tradition, dates back to the original Book of Common Prayer of 1549, and combines the monastic offices of Vespers and Compline. It is drawn almost entirely from the Bible and includes Psalms, Hymns, Anthems, and the Magnificat and Nuc dimittis. The service is a sacred method of singing praise to God, according to St. Mark's.

"O Domine, Jesu Christe"

Choristers Look Forward to a Busy Spring

Chorister Academy Director Maria Coffin has many plans in the works for the spring. The choristers will be conducting fundraisers, preparing for concerts at St. John's and elsewhere, and rehearsing every week until the end of the school year. Chorister parents, keep an eye out for the details here and in Maria's newsletter.

(Here are the Choristers on Palm Sunday, 2007.)

Dorothy Ferguson Helps the New Kids Learn to Read Music

Choristers Valentine's Day Party

Working Hard

February 1 Rehearsal

Evensong with Trinity Church, Newtown, Sunday, March 18

The Choristers will participate in the Evensong service with Trinity Church, Newtown, on Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. Rehearsal will be on Saturday, March 17, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. There will be a reception after the service, and help will be needed with food and drink donations, set up, serving, and clean up.

Valentine's Day Bake Sale

On Sunday, February 11, between the 10:15 a.m. and noon services, the Choristers will hold a bake sale to raise money to send three choristers to the St. thomas Girls' Course in New York next summer. Start baking!

We'll need parents to help set up, sell, and keep track of the money. Please speak to Mrs. Coffin.

Sing unto God

Sing unto God with songs of praise.
We are the Choristers,
The rooftops of churches we raise.

Beautiful high notes that flutter around,
sometimes notes that haven't even been found,
Songs in Spanish, Hebrew, French
For the tunes and notes that we mush clench
To impress the audience
That we've come to admire
For the wondrous sounds of this lovely choir.
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Sing unto God with songs of praise
We are the Choristers,
The rooftops of churches we raise.

(By Joshua Singleton, Age 10)