We are a Community of Music…
“To the Master of music and loveliness: Praise, Power, Dominion Forever!”
-from Praise by Aidan Clarke
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The Spire Series 2011-2012 Season
ELLICOTT CITY TROMBONE CHOIR
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 8:00 p.m.
Jason Kissel, organ
Experience the sonic splendor of a trombone choir and pipe organ led by David Fetter, former Principal Trombone of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. A program of classical music, along with selections of a lighter mood that is sure to delight the senses, both aurally and visually!
The program includes fanfares by Daniel Speer & Tilmann Susato; Ave Maria settings by Mozart, Holst & others; a selection of Life and Death themes featuring the Bach Chorales, It is Enough & Come Sweet Death and Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life; and a collection of tunes for trombones and organ by Schütz, Wagner & Gigout.
Reception to follow.
Click here for more information about the Ellicott City Trombone Choir.
Click here for David Fetter's biography.
Music Downloads
“Listen to Wagner's Pilgrims Chorus” (Download MP3)
THE POWER OF SPIRITUALS
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 2:30 p.m.
The First and Franklin Street Sanctuary Choir
The Towson Presbyterian Church Choir
Eileen Guenther, guest conductor & annual distinguished lecturer
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A special program commemorating the importance of the spiritual, woven together with thoughtful narratives, choral and solo arrangements of spirituals.
Eileen Guenther is Associate Professor of Church Music at Wesley Theological Seminary and Professorial Lecturer in music at the George Washington University. Dr. Guenther lectures for churches, musical and denominational organizations on clergy-musician relations, global music, spirituals, and music and social justice. She has served as visiting lecturer at Africa University in Zimbabwe, and has also been part of global praise teams teaching music and worship in Uganda and Ivory Coast. South Africa holds a special place in her heart and she has led six groups of students from Wesley Seminary on immersion trips there. For over thirty years, Dr. Guenther led a distinguished career as minister of music and liturgy at Foundry Methodist Church in Washington DC. She is in her second term as National President of the American Guild of Organists, the largest national professional organization serving the organ and choral music fields.