Music at Church of Our Saviour

09/22/2021

Richard is a local food bank volunteer who came to OSC’s Food Pantry when he wanted to help out at a location closer to home. “I worked at a few food banks before coming to OSC, found OSC and fell in love with the people and the organization. Feels like family. My desire to help the less fortuna...

10/01/2020

Jesus tells us that God wants us to produce fruits that contribute to building up the kingdom of God. In fact, Christ says that the kingdom will be taken away from us if we hoard and do not contribute. Are we contributing fruits that are building the kingdom? What are these fruits?

08/14/2020

A letter from Stephen Karr:

Dear friends of Music at COS,

With choral music on indefinite hiatus since the COVID-19 pandemic struck and in-person worship inside the church building not possible for the time being, the Rector has decided to end my employment at the Church of Our Saviour. It has been my pleasure to serve you since Advent Sunday of this liturgical year, and I am sorry that my last Sunday with the choir came so quickly after my first. I am tremendously proud of the work we did together, especially for the compressed timeline before Christmas, and am sorry not to have the opportunity to grow with them further.

The parish has formed a committee to determine next steps for music at COS. If you wish to have your voice heard regarding the shape of the parish's music program in the coming years, or have any inquiry regarding the progress of these discussions, please contact the Rector and the committee members directly. If you wish to keep in touch with me, please send me a friend request on Facebook or follow my professional page.

Farewell,

Stephen Karr

05/22/2020

A little gift for you on this Feast of the Ascension: This Son So Young with music by Louie White and words assembled and composed by Frederick H. Meisel. Performed by Hannah Waldman, soprano; Jacqueline Marshall, harp and Stephen Karr, organ. This will be featured as an extended closing voluntary on this Sunday's Morning Prayer.

A Solo Cantata for High Voice, Harp and Organ (Ascension Day) Text composed and compiled by Frederick H. Meisel Music by Louie L. White Hannah Waldman, sopra...

05/03/2020

https://youtu.be/X5FlPN240kM
For those of you who enjoyed this morning’s Canticle from the COS Virtual Choir, here is a peek behind the scenes of how recordings like this are made. Many thanks to Christopher Gravis, Canon for Music at St. John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles for publishing a look at how virtual choirs are assembled, piece by piece. You’ll also see an appearance from our semi-regular soloist during this period of online worship, Hannah Waldman, who happens to be married to Stephen Karr, the interim music director and organist. Hannah is normally a staff singer in the cathedral choir.

An explanation of how we've been adding music into our online services at St. John's Cathedral during this time of social distancing.

03/28/2020

LENT 5 (March 29, 2020)
PRE-RECORDED MORNING PRAYER (10:15 AM)
Hannah Waldman and Stephen Karr, cantors
Gregorian Canticles
SERVICE MUSIC
Venite // Plainsong Tone 4 (ad. Bruce E. Ford, b. 1947)
Kyrie Pantokrator // Plainsong Tone 3 and Irregular Tone (ad. Ford)
Benedictus Dominus Deus // Plainsong Tone 8 (ad. Ford)
ANTHEM
A Song of Hope from Bible Songs, op. 113, no. 3 // Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
VOLUNTARIES
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt, BWV 688 // J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 // Bach

03/21/2020

LENT 4 (March 22, 2020)
Due to diocesan restrictions, there will be no music at the Church of Our Saviour tomorrow.

03/15/2020

Here is where you can find online resources for the Church of Our Saviour: service sheets, live streams and archived video. Please join us virtually if you’re unable to attend in person.

03/14/2020

LENT 3 (March 15, 2020)
MORNING PRAYER (10:15 AM)
INVITATORY
Venite // Plainsong, Tone 4
CANTICLES
The First Song of Isaiah: Ecce, Deus // Plainsong, Tone 3
A Song of Penitence: Kyrie Pantokrator // Plainsong, Tone 3
The Second Song of Isaiah: Quærite Dominum // Plainsong, Tone 2
HYMN
AUS TIEFER NOT (From deepest woe I cry to thee)
VOLUNTARY
Aus tiefer Not, BWV 686 // J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

03/14/2020

Please click here to read Fr. Jeffrey Stoller Thornberg's letter to the parish regarding operational adjustments in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. We will be live streaming Morning Prayer at 7:45 (Rite I) and 10:15 (Rite II) for the next three Sundays. The choir will go on hiatus, and will plan to resume choral Eucharist on Palm Sunday (April 5). While we are sorry to put aside the choral music we had begun preparing, our top priority should be to minimize the spread of the virus and to keep our community healthy. We will post the link to the stream on this page, and urge you to tune in from home if you feel it is necessary to stay away from gatherings at this time. We offer our continued prayers for the health of our parish, our nation and our world.

Church of Our Saviour: Coronavirus Response - https://mailchi.mp/da34f458dd64/church-of-our-saviour-coronavirus-response