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ORGAN AND BRASS CONCERT Mario Buchanan, organist Sunday, October 8, 5:00 pm Brass Quintet courting with the “King of Instruments” celebrating standard favorites and singing hymns (free-will offering received) CHANTICLEER “An Orchestra of Voices” Wednesday, October 25, 7:00 pm BEYOND BOUNDARIES Amanda Powell, singer Sunday, November 19, 5:00 pm HECTOR OLIVERA Concert Organist Sunday, April 15, 4:00 pm Maestro Hector Olivera is a passionate, gifted, and unique musician. Born in Buenos Aires, Julliard trained, and a prize-winning improvisor, Mr. Olivera’s personal interpretations of both classical and popular music have amazed and delighted audiences around the world. Tickets: $30, $20, $10 at the church office or online The Concert Series These are songs that get to the very heart of the human experience; "the joy held with the pain" and the universal need to create out of both the light and darkness of our lives. Amanda invites you to go beyond the boundaries of genre, style, language, region, and expectation, into the connective heart of music. She will be joined by world-class musicians Howie Smith, sax, Theron Brown, piano, Anthony Taddeo, percussion and Dave Morgan, bass. Sacred and secular offerings from around the globe, plenty of opportunities to sing along, and moments of meditation and prayer. Come, be a part of this spiritual journey through music. (free-will offering received) CHRISTMAS & EPIPHANY MADRIGAL FEAST Akron Firestone High School Madrigal Singers Friday, January 5, 2018, 6:30 pm Come gather with friends to celebrate in grand style the conclusion of Christmas Revelry. There will be feasting, pageantry, and entertainment featuring the Firestone High School Madrigal Singers, under the direction of Chad Pittman. Fare: grapes & cheeses; roast beef, potatoes, vegetables, bread pudding, non-alcoholic beverages. Proceeds from this event benefit the Food, Clothing, and Prayer Ministry of Christ Church. Tickets: $25 at the church office or online. HYMN FESTIVAL LED BY TOM TRENNEY In memory of James F. Kettlewell Sunday, May 20, 6:00 pm Tom Trenney shares his passion as pastoral musician, composer, and teacher in worship with his home congregation, in the college classroom, and in performances, hymn festivals, choral and organ workshops, and master classes all around the country. Since 2009, he has served as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth Church (United Church of Christ) in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he shepherds four adult choirs, accompanies the congregation on the Schoenstein organ, preaches sermons, and guides the Abendmusik at First Plymouth Concert Series. Tom’s choral compositions are in demand by many publishers, his music being sung in churches and colleges around the country. Tom’s critically-acclaimed recordings with First-Plymouth and sounding light have been featured on national public radio’s Pipedreams, With Heart and Voice, and Sing for Joy. (free-will offering received) Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by the New Yorker, the San Francisco based GRAMMY® award- winning ensemble Chanticleer will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2018. During its 39th season in 2016-17, Chanticleer performed 52 concerts in 24 of the United States, 27 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and 16 in Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia at many world-renowned concert halls. Tickets: $35, $25, $15 at the church office or online.
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ORGAN AND BRASS CONCERT Mario Buchanan, organist Sunday, October 8, 5:00pm Brass Quintet courting with the “King of Instruments” celebrating standard favorites and singing hymns (free-will offering received)
CHANTICLEER “An Orchestra of Voices” Wednesday, October 25, 7:00pm
BEYOND BOUNDARIES Amanda Powell, singer
Sunday, November 19, 5:00pm
HECTOR OLIVERA Concert Organist Sunday, April 15, 4:00pm Maestro Hector Olivera is a passionate, gifted, and unique musician. Born in Buenos Aires, Julliard trained, and a prize-winning improvisor, Mr. Olivera’s personal interpretations of both classical and popular music have amazed and delighted audiences around the world.
Tickets: $30, $20, $10 at the church office or online
The Concert Series
These are songs that get to the very heart of the human experience; "the joy held with the pain" and the universal need to create out of both the light and darkness of our lives. Amanda invites you to go beyond the boundaries of genre, style, language, region, and expectation, into the connective heart of
music. She will be joined by world-class musicians Howie Smith, sax, Theron Brown, piano, Anthony Taddeo, percussion and Dave Morgan, bass. Sacred and secular offerings from around the globe, plenty of opportunities to sing along, and moments of meditation and prayer. Come, be a part of this spiritual journey through music.
(free-will offering received)
CHRISTMAS & EPIPHANY MADRIGAL FEAST Akron Firestone High School Madrigal Singers Friday, January 5, 2018, 6:30pm
Come gather with friends to celebrate in grand style the conclusion of Christmas Revelry. There will be feasting, pageantry, and entertainment featuring the Firestone High School Madrigal Singers, under the direction of Chad Pittman. Fare: grapes & cheeses; roast beef, potatoes, vegetables, bread pudding, non-alcoholic beverages. Proceeds from this event benefit the Food, Clothing, and Prayer Ministry of Christ Church.
Tickets: $25 at the church office or online.
HYMN FESTIVAL LED BY TOM TRENNEY In memory of James F. Kettlewell Sunday, May 20, 6:00pm
Tom Trenney shares his passion as pastoral musician, composer, and teacher in worship with his home congregation, in the college classroom, and in performances, hymn festivals, choral and organ workshops, and master classes all around the country. Since 2009, he has served as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth Church (United Church of Christ) in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he shepherds four adult choirs, accompanies the congregation on the Schoenstein organ, preaches sermons, and guides the Abendmusik at First Plymouth Concert Series. Tom’s choral compositions are in demand by many publishers, his music being sung in churches and colleges around the country. Tom’s critically-acclaimed recordings with First-Plymouth and sounding light have been featured on national public radio’s Pipedreams, With Heart and Voice, and Sing for Joy.
(free-will offering received)
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by the New Yorker, the San Francisco based GRAMMY® award-winning ensemble Chanticleer will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2018. During its 39th season in 2016-17, Chanticleer performed 52 concerts in 24 of the United States, 27 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and 16 in Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia at many world-renowned concert halls.
Tickets: $35, $25, $15 at the church office or online.
The Musical Worship SeriesREFORMATION FESTIVAL: 500TH YEAR Sunday, October 29, 10:30am Bagpipes, Brass, and Timpani
ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS Sunday, December 10, 10:30am Chancel Choir and Instruments
CHRISTMAS LESSONS AND CAROLS Sunday, December 31, 10:30am Chancel Choir and Instruments
LENTEN EVENING WORSHIP SUNDAYS at 6pm: A different worship experience each week
February 18
Iona Music & Prayers with “The Gospel of Mark” by Geoffrey Darling: we hear the Gospel
as early Christians did as if for the first time.
February 25
Compline by Chancel Choir A time of quiet reflection with ancient monastic liturgy of chants and prayers
March 4
Choral Evensong by Chancel Choir An Anglican liturgy of anthems, canticles, hymns, prayers, and psalms
March 11
Lutheran Vespers Evening worship in the German Reformation, with the music of Bach
and Baroque Masters; for chamber choir and string ensemble
March 18
Jazz Vespers Connecting liturgical traditions with an American musical dialect: Jazz and Blues
EARTH DAY FESTIVAL Music, Scripture, and Poetry: Celebrating God’s Creation Sunday, April 22, 10:30am Chancel Choir and Instruments
GREAT MUSIC IN A GREAT SPACE The 2017-18 Christ Church Music Series
Musical Worship and Concert Events in the Sanctuary
Christ Presbyterian Church Tuscarawas & McKinley in Downtown Canton
Music as Mission & Ministry in the heart of the city. cantoncpc.org (330) 456-8113
