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Our Choirs: Music is a central part of liturgy and worship at St. Luke's. Under the direction of Cathedral Musician Albert Melton, an accomplished adult choir provides sacred music at the 10 a.m. Sunday service and also presents choral Evensong on the first Sunday of the month. A youth choir also trains weekly and sings regularly. If you are interested in auditioning for either of these dynamic choirs, please contact Albert Melton.

The Skinner Organ: Our organ, a 1928 51-rank Skinner pipe organ, was recently restored to its original brilliance.

The Cathedral is also the site of regular concerts and musical programs featuring musicians from within and outside the Cathedral.

MUSIC IN THE CATHEDRAL  2007-2008

The Cathedral Church of St. Luke
The Very Reverend Benjamin A. Shambaugh, D. Min., Dean
Albert A. Melton, Cathedral Musician

Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 4:00 PM

The First Sunday of Advent Choral Evensong

• Sung by the Cathedral Choir

Music of Rose, Sumsion, and Phillips

Sunday, January 6, 2007 at 4:00 PM

The Epiphany

Epiphany Lessons and Carols:  “A Meditation on Christ’s Nativity”

• Sung by the Cathedral Choir

• A service of music and readings from scripture and poetry

Music of Boles, Gardiner, Willan, Adelmann, and Mathias

Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 4:00 PM

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

The Transfiguration of our Lord Choral Evensong  

• Sung by the Cathedral Choir

Music of Rose, Howells, and Phillips

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Jazz in Celebration of Mardi Gras

Featuring Port City Jazz

Led by Carl Bradford

• Performing a program of sacred and secular jazz favorites

Suggested Donation $10, $5 for students

Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Choral Evensong

• Sung by the Cathedral Choir

Music of Smith, Blitheman, and Byrd

Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM

The Fifth Annual Bishop Frederick Wolf Memorial Concert

An Evening of Vocal Chamber Music

Featuring Christina Astrachan, soprano, Kathleen Grammer, mezzo-soprano, Peter Allen, baritone, Timothy Johnson, tenor, Frank Glazer and Carol Elowe, piano

• Performing music for solo vocal quartet and piano, four hands by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann

 Suggested Donation $10, $5 for students

Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM

The Eve of the Fourth Sunday of Easter

Good Shepherd Sunday

Diocesan Choral Festival Celebrating the Episcopate of The Right Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen, Eighth Bishop of Maine

Choral Evensong

• Sung by Choirs from the Diocese of Maine

Music of Ayleward, Stanford and Parry. Offering to benefit St. Elizabeth’s Essentials Pantry which provides the needy people of the Portland area with essential non-food items such as toiletries and disposable diapers.

                                                                                                                     Music Notes

For those who may be interested in auditioning, weekly rehearsals are from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Thursday evenings with a warm-up rehearsal at 8:45 on Sunday mornings before the 10:00 am service.  A great variety of music is prepared and offered as part of our worship on Sundays.

A cordial and enthusiastic invitation is extended to boys and girls 8 and older who like to sing to join our Cathedral Youth Choir.  Rehearsals are on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm and the Choir sings monthly.  It’s a fun and sometimes challenging way to learn to sing, to learn something about the basics of music, and to make a very important contribution to the worship life of the Cathedral.  Consider joining us.  For more information contact Albert at the church office (772-5434). T

Membership at St. Luke’s is not a requirement for participation in our choirs. Parishioners and friends alike are invited to contact Cathedral Musician, Albert Melton at the parish office 772-5434 or at his e-mail address - amelton@cathedralofstluke.org for more information about the choirs or to set up an audition.