Music at Calvary
The Adult Choir rehearsing with Organist/Choirmaster
James S. LittleChoral Programs at Calvary
Adult
Choir: Open to all singers high school age
and up. No audition is necessary. Primarily a volunteer group with three
or four paid soloists/section leaders. The choir sings at 10:00 AM services on Sunday. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings at 7:30
PM;
warm-up Sunday morning at 9:15 AM. The choir sings 60-70 anthems each
year, covering many centuries of compositional styles.
Calvary Chorale:
Dedicated to the performance of choral music with its intended
instrumentation, Calvary Chorale is made up of members of the Calvary
adult choir along with musicians from the community. Since 1973 Calvary
Chorale has offered an annual concert series.
St. Cecilia
Choir: 4th Grade & Up. Rehearsals
are Thursdays at 4:30 - 5:30 PM, with an extra rehearsal at 6:00 PM for
those who cannot attended earlier. The choir participates in the Sunday 10:00
AM service,
performing their own anthems about twice a month.
St. Nicholas
Choir:
Pre-K to 2nd Grade. Rehearsals are Sundays for 20 minutes after the
10:00 AM service. The choir
participates in
the First Sunday 10:00 AM service.
The Organ at Calvary
Music at Calvary has a tradition dating back at least as far as 1896.
When this, our third church, celebrated its first
service on Easter, 1896, a new pipe organ was in place to lead the music.
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In virtually every service, with the
exception of an occasional private baptism or small chapel service, the
organ is the instrument that leads the congregation in song, accompanies
choirs and soloists, and provides music aimed at raising our spirits,
calming our souls, easing our griefs, celebrating our triumphs. This has
long been the role of the organ in Episcopal worship practice, no more
so than at Calvary. more
Other
Music at Calvary
Antioch:
Our first vocal ensemble in residence, Antioch is an eleven-member ensemble that is
developing a national reputation. They rehearse at Calvary and performing four concerts per
year. more
Rehearsals:
Calvary Church also provides
rehearsal space for the Concord Singers, a women’s chorus which
performs two concerts a year here. In addition, the Larks, a women’s
ensemble sponsored by the Summit Junior League, uses our choir room for
rehearsals. The Larks are a community service organization, performing
many concerts each year at venues such as retirement and nursing homes.
This summer, for the first time, Calvary became host rehearsal space for
the Chamber Orchestra of the New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra,
which boasts of a membership spanning the ages from pre-teen to the
nineties
Support for Music at Calvary
Choir Guild
The costs of maintaining a
music program like Calvary’s are considerable. The purchase of a
single anthem with enough copies for each chorister can run as high as
$80-$100, that of a large choral work to several hundred dollars.
Vestments, choir awards, music folders, maintenance and tuning of the
organ and pianos, the hiring of soloists and substitute organists, all
add to the thousands of dollars needed each year just to keep the
program afloat.
The Choir Guild supports Calvary’s choirs with funds to buy its vestments. The
Guild’s main fundraiser is the sale of boxed lunches for the Women of
Calvary’s Festival of Homes. Choir members and their parents are
automatically members. Contact: Carol
Graham or Don Peck:
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