Calvary Episcopal Church
Rochester, Minnesota
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Music

Music has played a vital role in the life of Calvary Church since the parish's founding in 1860. The present Calvary choirs continue that tradition of excellence, involving volunteers of all ages. New members are invited and encouraged to contact Brian A. Williams, Director of Music and Arts, for more information.

Throughout the year Calvary offers special evening services. They include Choral Evensongs, Advent Lessons and Carols Procession, and Tenebrae, an ancient monastic service in Holy Week. For many parishioners, these evening services are the most poignant and dramatic in the Episcopal liturgy. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Date Service Choir Anthem
 
Mar 30 9:00 am St. Nicholas Alleluia! Christ the Lord is Risen! (Bailey/Mayo)
  11:00 am Motet Peace I Leave With You (Knut Nystedt)
 
Apr 6 9:00 am St. Cecilia We Walked Down the Road (Robert Kreutz)
  11:00 am Motet O Sacrum Convivium (Olivier Messiaen)
 
Apr 13 9:00 am Motet Brother James' Air (Gordon Jacob)
  11:00 am St. Cecilia Brother James' Air (Gordon Jacob)
 
Apr 20 9:00 am St. Cecilia In You, O Lord, We Find Our Refuge (Schubert)
  11:00 am Motet How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (J. Brahms)
 
Apr 27 9:00 am St. Nicholas Thank You, God (Austin Lovelace)
  11:00 am Motet If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis)
Ascension Day - Choral Evensong
May 1 5:30 pm St. Cecilia A Chorister's Prayer (Bruce Neswick)
 
May 4 9:00 am St. Cecilia A Chorister's Prayer (Bruce Neswick)
  11:00 am Motet Viri Galilaei (William Byrd)
Pentecost
May 11 9:00 am St. Cecilia Come, Holy Ghost, In Love (R. Evan Copley)
  11:00 am Motet O Day Full of Grace (F. Melius Christiansen)
Trinity Sunday
May 18 9:00 am St. Cecilia Christ Be With Me (Christopher Schaefer)
  11:00 am Motet Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (Harold Friedell)