Choral classics, jazz, new music, great hymns, renaissance gems for recorders, organ masterworks… it’s all part of the music ministry at The Park!

  

Upcoming music...  

The 4th Sunday in Lent, March 2, 2008
11:00 AM

The anointing of David, the 23rd Psalm, and the Healing of the Blind Man

Andrew Adams: Surely It Is God Who Saves Us
Andrew Adams: O Shepherd of Israel

Prelude:   Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele  Johannes Brahms
Postlude: Carillon ou cloches                     Jean-François Dandrieu


The 5th Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2008
11:00 AM

The Valley of Dry Bones and the Raising of Lazarus from the Dead

William Matthias: As Truly as God is Our Father, God is Our Mother 
John Stainer:        God So Loved the World 

Prelude:    O Welt, ich muss dich lassen    Johannes Brahms
Postlude:  O wie selig seid ihr doch            Johannes Brahms

Palm Sunday, March 16th 2008     
11:00 AM

Liturgy and Procession of the Palms                                       
The Passion of Jesus Christ

Maurice Durufle:     Ubi caritas
McNeil Robinson:  Improperium 
Richard DeLong:   Christus Factus Est:
arr. Shaw/Parker:   Ride On, King Jesus

Prelude: Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 735   J. S. Bach
Postlude: Lift High the Cross  Ronald Arnatt 
Larry J. Long, organist

Easter Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
11:00 AM

Choirs, organ, trumpets, and your favorite Easter hymns

Alexander Gretchaninoff:   Missa Festiva
Randall Thompson:           Alleluia
Volckmar Leisring:             O filii et filiae
Jeffrey Rickard:                   Christ Our Passover 
Jan Sanborn:                       Alleluia! Christ is Risen

Prelude: Carillon de Westminster, op. 54        Louis Vierne
Postlude: Toccata (from the 5th Symphony)  Charles-Marie Widor 
Larry J. Long, organist

Join The Park's choirs!  
If you love to sing, there's a place for you here. The Sanctuary Choir is comprised of both volunteers and professional singers. They rehearse and sing each Sunday morning from October through May. The Volunteer Choir sings every 4 to 6 weeks, and most weeks during the summer.

The PACC Recorder Consort performs in our church services several times a year. They also keep busy performing in community concerts and events throughout the city.

What's next? 
How about a drumming circle?  A gospel choir? Let me know what you're interested in doing!

For more information, contact Andrew Adams, Interim Minister of Music at aadams@parkavenuechristian.com

    
   About our Interim Minister of Music
Andrew Adams has been music director of numerous churches throughout the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, including Westwood Hills Christian Church (CA) and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York City. He holds graduate degrees in Church Music, Vocal Performance, and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College and studied and frequently performed with such pre-eminent American choral conductors as Robert Shaw, Roger Wagner, and Joseph Flummerfelt. 

As a professional singer, Mr. Adams has performed in opera, concerts, recitals, and on recordings in the US, Italy, France, and Germany with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Spoleto Festival USA, Italy's Il Festivale dei Due Mondi, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and others.

Before serving as Interim Minister of Music, Mr. Adams co-chaired the Worship and Arts Committee at Park Avenue Christian Church, producing art exhibits, concerts, special worship events, and other programs. He also music directs services of the Temple of Universal Judaism.