Choir & Guest Musician Schedule
Choir rehearses on Sunday at 9 AM in the sanctuary and sings at the 10 AM worship service. No ongoing commitment required - sing when it works for you!
January 11
"People Need the Lord" by Nelson and McHugh
Pop | Easy: Beginning music-reading skills would help you learn this in our single rehearsal, especially if you've looked at the music & listened to the recording. Click the red circle with the arrow in the upper left corner to play the recording. Follow along on the sheet music; click the arrow at the right to turn the page.
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Music note: A soloist will sing measures 5-20 (the first verse).
January 18
"Ye Followers of the Lamb" Shaker Song
Folk | Intermediate: Fair music-reading skills would help you learn this in our single rehearsal, especially if you've looked at the music, and listened to the recording. (We'll take it at a slower tempo).
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Music note: In the printed music, we will skip measures 102-109; when sopranos split, most should sing the lower part; altos always sing the lower part. ​​
StarGeezers will be our guest musicians. They describe themselves as "a band of four elderly musicians playing upbeat and offbeat American music. We play an interesting mix of oldies, newbies, country and sacred songs. We have a combined musical experience of over 260 years."
January 25
"They Cast Their Nets" by Nelson and McHugh
Folk | Intermediate: Fair music-reading skills would help you learn this in our single rehearsal, especially if you've looked at the music and listened to the recordings.
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They Cast Their Nets | Audio of our arrangement
Audio with original words "The Turtle Dove"
They Cast Their Nets | Audio of Alto part
Verlene Schermer will return as our guest musician.
Verlene plays harp, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, nyckelharpa, tenor banjo, and concertina.
February 1
"O Bless the Lord, My Soul" by Bizet, arr. Hopson
Classical | Easy: Beginning music-reading skills would help you learn this in our single rehearsal, especially if you've looked at the music and listened to the recording.
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Music notes
This piece is based on "Au Fond du Temple Saint' from Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers'.
Women sing part 1 (down an octave if too high), men sing part 2 (no one sings parts 3).
The audio recording starts in measure 3 and doesn't include the repeat in measures 17-28 which we'll sing.
Local bluegrass group The Rounder Circle (Hilary Nelson, Thomas Hatcher, Kyla Kent, and Ilan Ladabaum) will be our guest musicians.