Music at St. Paul’s

Upcoming Choir Sundays!
Our St. Paul’s Choir will be singing several more times this fall, join us for these Sundays with choir music!
  • In Advent: Sunday, Dec. 14, 10:30am service
    • O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion! – sing along with one of our favorite selections from Messiah, as we wait in joyful anticipation of the birth of Jesus
  • Christmas Eve: Thursday, 12/24, 7:30pm service
    • Choral Prelude at 7:00pm
A musical journey through Advent
As an offering to St. Paul’s, our musical partners in Amethyst will lead us on a journey through Advent in music. Each Sunday at our 10:30 am service, we will contemplate the darkness and the light of this special season, through the Advent-themed solos from Handel’s Messiah:
  • Sunday, Nov. 30
    • But who may abide the day of His coming?/For He is like a refiner’s fire (mezzo-soprano Joelle Morris)
  • Sunday, Dec. 7 (Life Together Sunday)
    • Comfort ye, my people/Ev’ry valley shall be exalted (tenor Jonas Rimkunas)
    • For behold! Darkness shall cover the earth/The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass-baritone Joshua Miller)
  • Sunday, Dec. 14
    • O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise! (mezzo-soprano Jazmin DeRice, with the St. Paul’s Choir)
  • Sunday, Dec. 21
    • He shall feed his flock like a shepherd/Come unto Him, all ye that labor (mezzo-soprano Joelle Morris; soprano Mary Sullivan)
Other Christmas Music at St. Paul’s
In addition to our Sunday services, we have lots of wonderful Christmas music planned at St. Paul’s this year. Please join us for these fun events!
  • Christmas caroling at the Christmas Fair
    • Saturday, Dec. 6, 12:30-2:30pm
    • In the sanctuary
  • Messiah Sing with full orchestra
    • Tuesday, Dec. 23, 7:00pm
    • Benefit for Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program
    • Professional soloists of Amethyst Chamber Ensemble
    • Sean Fleming, conductor; Dean Stein, concertmaster
    • Bring your own score, but we have scores to borrow
    • Our musicians donate their services for this event; all proceeds go to MCHPP
  • Ceremony of Carols – Celebrate Christmas with Amethyst!
    • Sunday, Dec. 28, 2pm
    • Britten’s Ceremony of Carols for treble voices
    • And other carols and seasonal songs and singalongs