Weeks Ahead
Episcopal News Service. August 17, 2005 [081705-2-A]
Wednesday, August 17, 2005:
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Trinity Cathedral's Gallery at Trinity Commons presents truart...
Thursday, August 18, 2005:
STUDIO CITY, California -- Choral Singing 101, a four-week Thursday course taught by director of music J. Wingate Greathouse...
SALTER PATH, North Carolina -- The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina will host the 17th annual Conference on Church Music...
Saturday, August 20, 2005:
STONE RIDGE, New York -- Church of Christ the King, located at 3021 Route 213 East, invites all to come and hear sacred chamber music of 17th century Germany...
Thursday, August 25, 2005:
NEW YORK CITY -- The Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy at 26 West 84th Street concludes its second summer of Cultural Nights...
LA IGLESIA EPISCOPAL DE SAN MATEO Y SAN TIMOTEO Presenta su segundo verano de Noches Culturales llenas de celebración, tradición y cultura LOS JUEVES...
Friday, August 26, 2005:
CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- The seventh annual diocesan couples conference will take place August 26-28...
Sunday, August 28, 2005:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gerald Gifford of Thornham, United Kingdom will be the featured organist at Washington National Cathedral's Organ Recital...
Saturday, September 3, 2005:
LEXINGTON, Virginia -- The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia will celebrate the life of the late Rev. Marc Nikkel, the first Episcopal missionary to Sudan, with a festival Eucharist...
Today...
CLEVELAND, Ohio-- Trinity Cathedral's Gallery at Trinity Commons presents truart: the art of TrU2U-the first show of visual art done by TrU2U's teenagers and parents, featuring nearly 50 pieces of art. The program was designed to reduce behaviors that put African- American youth ages 11-14 at risk for contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The exhibit runs Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and through September 25. For information: http://www.mandpa.org/ or call 216.771.3630.
Coming Thursday, August 18, 2005...
STUDIO CITY, California -- Choral Singing 101, a four-week Thursday course taught by director of music J. Wingate Greathouse, will take place at St. Michael & All Angels Church, 3646 Coldwater Canyon Avenue. The class is expected to be fun and non-threatening, and will focus on posture, breathing, creating a tone, reading music, and singing by sight. Each session will end with the preparation of a hymn that will be sung at St. Michael's the following Sunday. Cost: $5 per session ($20 total) for materials. Advance reservations requested. For information: 818.763.9193 or email@stmikessc.org.
SALTER PATH, North Carolina -- The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina will host the 17th annual Conference on Church Music at Trinity Camp and Conference Center, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, August 18-21, 2005. Guest clinician will be David Flood, organist and master of choristers at Canterbury Cathedral in England. In addition various workshops will be offered including motet performance, playing the service, improvisation, handbells, developing a children's choir, vocalization, and anthems for choirs. A children's music conference for fourth through ninth graders will occur simultaneously with clinician Ginger Wyrick, professor of music at Queens College in Charlotte, NC. For more information, e-mail stthomas@hotmail.com or call 252-332-3263.
Coming up Saturday, August 20, 2005...
STONE RIDGE, New York -- Church of Christ the King, located at 3021 Route 213 East, invites all to come and hear sacred chamber music of 17th century Germany. Solos, duets and trios by the baroque master Heinrich Schuetz will be sung by the following early music specialists from Boston and New York: Pamela Murray - soprano, who has sung with the Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque and Emmanuel Music; Ruth Cunningham - soprano, who toured and recorded with Anonymous 4 for ten years, currently singing with Early Music New York; James Ruff - tenor, who has sung with the Boston Early Music Festival Opera, Early Music New York and New York City Opera; Jennifer Griesbach, of Duo Seraphim, will accompany at the organ. There is a suggested donation of $10 for the 7 p.m. event. For more information: Contact James Ruff at Gounodtogo@aol.com.
Coming up Thursday, August 25, 2005...
NEW YORK CITY -- The Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy at 26 West 84th Street concludes its second summer of Cultural Nights full of celebration, tradition and culture. Order of Celebrations: Puerto Rico, Brazil and Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela, Argentina and Chile, Latino Jazz, Perú and Ecuador, Centro América, México, Dominican Republic, All Cultures. 6:30 p.m.; Praise and thanksgiving 7:30 p.m.; Music, food and entertainment. For information: Call 212-362-6750 or e-mail croland@smstny.org
LA IGLESIA EPISCOPAL DE SAN MATEO Y SAN TIMOTEO Presenta su segundo verano de Noches Culturales llenas de celebración, tradición y cultura LOS JUEVES-al 25 de agosto Orden de Celebraciones: Puerto Rico, Brasil y Cuba, Colombia y Venezuela, Argentina y Chile, Jazz Latino, Perú y Ecuador, Centro América, México, República Dominicana, Todas las Culturas 6:30 p.m. Alabanza y acción de gracias 7:30 p.m.: Música, comida y entretenimiento. 26 West 84TH Street. Para más información 212-362-6750 X305 o croland@smstny.org.
Coming up Friday, August 26, 2005...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- The seventh annual diocesan couples conference will take place August 26-28 at Camp St. Christopher. This conference features the Marriage Course, which focuses on seven specific topic areas, explained and developed in a video presentation designed to help couples strengthen their marriage. The total course for the weekend is $285 per couple. For information and registration call Mike or Debbie Kollar at 843.769.5310 or 843.571.3460.
Coming up Sunday, August 28, 2005...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gerald Gifford of Thornham, United Kingdom will be the featured organist at Washington National Cathedral's Organ Recital. These recitals are played on the Cathedral's 10,650-pipe organ on most Sundays at 5 p.m., immediately following Evensong. The recitals include guest artists and Cathedral musicians. For information: http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/music/organrecitals.shtml
Coming up Saturday, September 3, 2005...
LEXINGTON, Virginia -- The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia will celebrate the life of the late Rev. Marc Nikkel, the first Episcopal missionary to Sudan, with a festival Eucharist. Nikkel is remembered by the Sudanese as an evangelist and peace-maker who helped bring together more than 2000 feuding tribes in Southern Sudan for peace talks. The Rev. Bartholomayo Bol Deng, protege of Marc Nikkel, will preach at the event to be held at R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church at 11:00 a.m. For more information, visit www.dioswva.org