Jul 23, 2014 | Announcements
Sundays, July 27 – August 31 The Chancel Choir will be singing “summer choir” type anthems for morning worship. If you read music reasonably well, and can arrive in the choir room at 10:30 a.m. sharp for warm-up, you are welcome to join us. This includes...
Jul 22, 2014 | Announcements |
Canterbury Trip July 21-29 On July 22, members and friends of River Road Chancel Choir (and singers from Crusader and Youth Choirs) will be arriving in Canterbury, England to spend a week “in residence” at one of the most important and renowned houses of worship in...
Jul 10, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
Two weeks from today, over two dozen choir singers and members of their families will be taking a guided tour of Canterbury Cathedral. We will see the site of the murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who, in 1170, was stabbed to death for standing up...
Jun 5, 2014 | Pastor's Blog |
For the past several months, our Chancel Choir has been preparing for this Sunday evening’s concert of music by Mozart. I think that our choir would agree that Mozart’s music is a joy to rehearse, even the parts that are difficult or time-consuming to learn. Why? In...
May 29, 2014 | Pastor's Blog |
I did not grow up bereft of music. At my grandmother’s house I listened to melodies produced by Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups, and early my uncle introduced me to the ballads of the Johnnys—Horton and Cash. What passes for classical music is a function...
