Music for Fall - From our Director

Dear Friends,


We will begin our regular season of choir and handbell choir at First Trinity on Sunday, September 14, Holy Cross Day. Choir will meet at 9:00 in the balcony and will sing for the service at 10:30; handbell choir will rehearse from 12:00 to about 1:00 in the library.


The choir will be leading the congregation in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Setting 1 of the liturgy with the organ and with Sandra Quaschnick, trumpet. We will sing "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" set to a beautiful new hymn tune - the only one I know of that starts in one key and ends in another. As time permits, we will also work on music for the coming weeks.


Thanks to Amanda Wahlig, who has researched good handbell music for us, we will have several new pieces to try out for handbell choir.


On November 2nd, All Saint's Sunday, we will be singing Requiem by John Rutter together with the choir of First Congregational Church and an instrumental ensemble. Ever since our Bach cantata collaboration last May, people from First Congregational have been asking me "When can we sing together again?" - so this will be our next occasion. I think that everyone enjoyed the selections from this piece that we sang last year, and I think you will enjoy singing the whole thing.


As always, both I and the congregation are grateful for whatever you are able to contribute to the choir and handbell choir as your time and interests permit. I know that people have very busy lives and schedules! Please know that you are welcome to join us as you are able.


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.


Thanks!


Steve Brodd