Alumni

Welcome Home Alumni of the Grace Church Choirs!

We want to be in touch with you!

Please email Patrick Allen your contact information so we can keep our records current and send you regular greetings and information about goings on.

Watch….before long we hope to expand this page to include:
– a special alumni area that you may access with a user name and password that include:
– a current alumni directory
– alumni photographs
– archival recordings
– articles on the history of the choirs
– articles by you about your choir experience
– other information that may be of interest to you
– a Facebook link so you can friend and be in touch with one another.

Annual Gatherings of Alumni that you are invited to attend:

NOVEMBER
The Sunday prior to Thanksgiving Day is called Grace Church School Sunday.

We also celebrate the relationship of the Choir and School that weekend.

At 11 a.m. on Sunday morning alumni are invited to join the current choir in offering the morning’s anthems:
…….Christ whose glory fills the skies…..C. F. H. Candlyn
…….I was glad…..C. Hubert H. Parry.
……Psalm 150 written for the Choirs of Grace Church by Malcolm Archer
Music may be obtained in advance and a rehearsal takes place at 10:15 a.m. in the Church.
With interest and growth we hope to expand this into opportunities for a bigger alumni musical rehearsal and social……send in your ideas and thoughts.
Click Here for a Choral Study Score for Christ whose glory: Christ whose glory
Click Here for a Choral Study Score for I was glad: I was glad
Click Here for a Choral Study Score for Psalm 150, Archer: Psalm 150

To prepare for the Parry I was glad: this is the cyber link to practice parts, cut and paste into your URL slot.

http://www.choraline.com/learn-to-sing-parry-i-was-glad

DECEMBER
On the Third Sunday of Advent The Girls’ Choir with the ladies of the Adult and Parish Choirs offer Choral Evensong featuring Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Alumni of The Girls’ Choir are invited to participate. Contact P. Allen for music and to make a plan for preparation and rehearsal.

To prepare for the Britten A CEREMONY OF CAROLS: this is the cyber link to practice parts, cut and paste into your URL slot.

http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Britten_B/britten_ceremony_carols_ssa.htm

Special Visits by Alumni and their families to Grace Church.
We want to welcome you. If you are planning to come into the City and would like a greeting and tour by P. Allen please be in touch and make an appointment. It is such a pleasure to be able to welcome you home and show you around.