CHORISTER RECOGNITION 9 JUNE 2024
This year the choirs celebrate our 129th season of musical offerings and we are off on a Mission Trip, a choir concert tour that will take us to Austria and the Czech Republic.
A week from today the choir will sing Mass in the Cathedral of Salzburg, the church where Mozart grew up and played in the orchestra for services. They will sing in the little church outside Salzburg where Silent Night was written and was first heard, and offer there a short program of music in German. Down the road we will sing in the great Abby Church of St. Florian, built in a high baroque style, Anton Bruckner was organist there.
We then arrive in Prague and sing a concert in the beautiful church of St. Nicholas in the Old Town, Mozart played the organ there. We will sing a program at Terezin Concentration camp outside of Prague. A Nazi Concentration Camp that held many children. Perhaps you have seen the collection of artwork and poetry by those children called “I never saw another butterfly.” A haunting and very moving place. Our final offering will take place at the Anglican Church of Saint Clement in Prague. It’s an exciting week of sharing music and fellowship in many cultures, languages and communities. The repertoire is drawn from the music that is part of our Sunday morning offerings here at Grace, all offerings will be acapella.
The choir parents have been hard at work raising funds and preparing the tour. I’d like to ask all who were part of this, especially Sunshine Gola, Rebecca Dixon and James Gomez to stand and receive our gratitude. The Choir Special Projects Fund that many of you have donated to so generously, along with the monies from participating families pays for the majority of the expense of the tour. We have to thank, Don, Julia, James, our Vestry, and the entire parish along with the staff for your support and care without which this undertaking wouldn’t be possible.
This is the eighth such tour by the choir over the past twenty years. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers while the choir is traveling between 13 and 21 June.
Choir Tours – Prague
The tour is a great outreach and tool for growth and formation, but only a small portion of our annual work, I’d like to thank some special people who support our musical offerings throughout the season here at 10th and Broadway. Please stand so we may show our gratitude for all your work accomplished and gifts so freely given….
Please hold your show of gratitude until I finish acknowledging them.
Members of the Music and Choir Steering Committees
Elana Foundos and Vincent D’Onofrio with at ARTeffect for all your help and inspiration with graphics and visuals.
Jim and Anne Wroten for your amazing work caring for the website and developing the live streaming outreach.
Ellen McElduff for her beautiful decorations of the church especially the magnificent flowers that inspire us all and beautify special choir events.
Kathy Keane for her continued sharing of gifts on so many levels and caring for the Platform that supports the on line choir schedules.
Dana Foote for coming forth to mentoring and inspiring us all and inspiring the community with her gifts of hospitality and organization.
Acknowledgement
The Choir on Tour in 2012, Salzburg on Sunday afternoon!
Eileen Clarke and Bob Lukomski for all their administrative, scheduling and library support.
Please join me in thanking our Adult Choir for all their musical leadership throughout the season.
We recognize the following chorister for Perfect Attendance this season, please stand to be recognized: Rumbi Rukobo
We recognize these novice choristers who showed outstanding growth during this choir season, both musically and in their leadership skills. They receive this year’s most improved chorister award.
Noah Alves Julia Lippmann
Yuli Davis Toula Avlon
We recognize these junior choristers who have shown outstanding growth during this choir season, both musically and in their leadership skills. They receive this year’s most improved chorister award.
Theodore Nichols Victoria Lee
Thibault Antonio Delphina Bragen
We recognize these senior choristers who have shown outstanding growth during this choir season, both musically and in their leadership skills. They receive this year’s most improved chorister award
Aditya Chanmugam Lily Dixon
Acknowledgment
We celebrate with these 8th grade chorister who will graduate from GCS this Wednesday and who today finish their tenure in the choir.
Eva Dixon, Optima
Tanner Gola, Optimus
Abigail Gomez, Optima emeritus
Bordley Gushee
Leo Lewis
Sander Olinick
Hailey Popov
Thomas Seirer
at the conclusion
Officiant: Let us pray.
For Education
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom: Enlighten by your Holy Spirit those who teach and those who learn, that, rejoicing in the knowledge of your truth, they may worship you and serve you from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
For Musicians
O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven, be ever present with your servants who seek through music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant them even now glimpses of your beauty, and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
