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Christ Church Welcomes our New Music Director, Michael Halloran!
Christ Church Welcomes our New Music Director, Michael Halloran!
We are thrilled to welcome Michael Halloran to Christ Church as our new organist and music director! Michael will begin his work at the church in November, with his first service being Sunday, November 23.
Michael Sitton worked with committee members Marty Robert, Ellen Lovell, Nancy Webb, and Linda Radtke over the last two months in our effort to identify a successor to our beloved organist Lynnette Combs. After an interview with Michael on October 14, where the choir assisted in allowing Michael to demonstrate his abilities as an organist and choral director, the committee recommended moving forward and the Vestry approved his appointment at its recent October meeting.
Michael Halloran has been living in Vermont for more than twenty years, and is active in both music and theatre throughout the region. From his skills as a pianist and vocalist, he offers voice lessons locally; he has frequently directed theatre and musical theatre productions for both local acting companies and schools, and has served as an accompanist and vocal coach. As a church musician and organist, he has served for twenty years as the musician at Montpelier’s First Church of Christ, Scientist, and also played organ for Saturday evening Masses at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church in Waitsfield for seven years.
Every musician who serves in church music brings a unique combination of experiences and skills to their work, and we look forward to engaging with Michael as he brings his past work as an organist, pianist, vocalist, and vocal music director/coach to the responsibilities at Christ Church. Please help us welcome him!
MUSIC AT CHRIST CHURCH
Music is an essential part of Christ Episcopal Church!
Music is an essential part of Christ Episcopal Church!
Every Sunday, the 10 am service includes:
Every Sunday, the 10 am service includes:
• Congregational singing of hymns, responses, and psalms
• Congregational singing of hymns, responses, and psalms
• Anthems and psalms sung by the choir
• Anthems and psalms sung by the choir
• Instrumental music on the organ, and occasionally other instruments
• Instrumental music on the organ, and occasionally other instruments
We have a congregation that loves to sing, and we enjoy songs from many traditions.
We have a congregation that loves to sing, and we enjoy songs from many traditions.
To get involved with any aspect of our music ministry, please contact our Interim Music Director, Michael Sitton, by email at administrator@christchurchvt.org. Please write "Music Ministry" in the subject line.
To get involved with any aspect of our music ministry, please contact our Interim Music Director, Michael Sitton, by email at administrator@christchurchvt.org. Please write "Music Ministry" in the subject line.
Choir
Choir
The choir is a special treasure. Lovingly trained by Brian Webb, choirmaster for 40 years, the choir sings a wide-ranging repertoire and is musical leader of the 10 AM Sunday service every week.
The choir is a special treasure. Lovingly trained by Brian Webb, choirmaster for 40 years, the choir sings a wide-ranging repertoire and is musical leader of the 10 AM Sunday service every week.
From September through June, there is choir practice on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
From September through June, there is choir practice on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Would you like to sing in different languages, learn about theology, improve your music skills, increase your knowledge of music theory, all while being part of a loving musical community? Then join the choir!
Would you like to sing in different languages, learn about theology, improve your music skills, increase your knowledge of music theory, all while being part of a loving musical community? Then join the choir!
We especially welcome singers to “try us out” during July and August, when the commitment is only one Sunday at a time. We are also open to seasonal singers who cannot join us for the whole year.
We especially welcome singers to “try us out” during July and August, when the commitment is only one Sunday at a time. We are also open to seasonal singers who cannot join us for the whole year.
Concerts
Concerts
The sanctuary is an acoustically warm space. We welcome solo performers and ensembles to present concerts here. The Taplin auditorium is also used for concerts.
The sanctuary is an acoustically warm space. We welcome solo performers and ensembles to present concerts here. The Taplin auditorium is also used for concerts.
Instruments
Instruments
We are blessed with one of the finest pipe organs in the state. Built in 1972, the instrument was handcrafted by the workshop of Karl Wilhelm of Montreal, Canada. Mr. Wilhelm learned his craft in Germany and Switzerland; when he came to this continent, he began building instruments in the European style of the 1600s and 1700s. Our instrument, with two manuals and pedal, is modeled after North German organs of the late 1600s.
We are blessed with one of the finest pipe organs in the state. Built in 1972, the instrument was handcrafted by the workshop of Karl Wilhelm of Montreal, Canada. Mr. Wilhelm learned his craft in Germany and Switzerland; when he came to this continent, he began building instruments in the European style of the 1600s and 1700s. Our instrument, with two manuals and pedal, is modeled after North German organs of the late 1600s.
The instrument, a Karl Wilhelm two-manual organ built in 1972 in the North German style of the late 1600’s, is perfectly suited for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, as is the acoustic in the neo-Gothic plaster-on-stone sanctuary.
The instrument, a Karl Wilhelm two-manual organ built in 1972 in the North German style of the late 1600’s, is perfectly suited for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, as is the acoustic in the neo-Gothic plaster-on-stone sanctuary.
We also have a baby grand Steinway that adorns our sanctuary. This instrument has a beautiful, warm tone, exquisitely suited to the acoustic space. Two Steinway spinet pianos, in the Parish Hall and the Taplin auditorium, are available for public use.
We also have a baby grand Steinway that adorns our sanctuary. This instrument has a beautiful, warm tone, exquisitely suited to the acoustic space. Two Steinway spinet pianos, in the Parish Hall and the Taplin auditorium, are available for public use.
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