Choral Offerings

The Choir

Westminster Church of Peoria

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord…
Serve the Lord with Gladness.
Come before His presence with singing…

September is almost here and with it comes the
return of our wonderful WPC Chancel Choir.

Rehearsals are Thursdays at 7:30 PM

The first rehearsal will be Thursday, September 8^th at 7:30 PM.

If you have more questions,
contact Tom Clark-Jones at tclarkjones1227@gmail.com

the choir … spring 2023

Epiphany to Easter

8 January (Observation of Epiphany)

John Weaver: Star Carol

Felix Mendelssohn: There Shall A Star

15 January (Observation of the Baptist of our Lord)

William H. Harris: Behold the tabernacle of God

William H. Harris: Come Down O Love Divine

22 January (Epiphany III)

Randall Thompson: Choose Something Like A Star

29 January (Epiphany IV)

Leo Sowerby: Now there lightens upon us

5 February (Epiphany V)

Paul Halley: Sound Over All Waters (Alencia Norris, mezzo soloist)

Andre Crouch: My Tribute (Alencia Norris, solo)

12 February (Epiphany VI)

Michael Head: Blessed Is He

19 February (Feast of the Transfiguration)

Everett Titcomb: Te Deum

Thomas Armstrong: Christ Whose Glory

22 February (Ash Wednesday)

Francis Jackson: Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion

Michael Wise: The Ways of Zion Do Mourn

Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest Lord

S.S. Wesley: Wash Me Throughly

26 February (Lent I)

G.F. Handel: Since by man came death

5 March (Lent II)

Leo Sowerby: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

GP Palestrina: Adoramus te

12 March (Lent III)

Anthony Piccolo: O Sing Unto the Lord

19 March (Lent IV)

John Rutter: Psalm 23 (from Requiem)

26 March (Lent V)

W.A. Mozart: De Profundis

2 April (Palm Sunday)

C.H.H. Parry: I Was Glad

Gabriel Faure: Introit and Kyrie (Requiem)

6 April (Maundy Thursday)

Kenneth Leighton: Solus ad victimam

Carlos Chavez: Tree of Sorrow

Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine

7 April (Good Friday)

Music tba.

9 April (Easter Day)

William Mathias: Let the people praise thee, O God

Harold Friedell: This is the Day

Vaughan Williams: The Call (David Kortemeier, soloist)

THE GIFT OF MUSIC SHARED

Kyrie – George Oldroyd in D Sung The Westminster Choir	“The Goodness of God” by Carl Philipp Emanuel Margaret Blackwell	Psalm 104 The Westminster Quartet
Let Every Christian Pray Fred Pratt Green, Joseph Barnby The Westminster Quartet	Come, Ye Faithful by R.S. Thatcher The Westminster Quartet	This is the Day by Harold W. Friedell The Westminster Quartet
Psalm 89 St. Petersburg Text: The Psalter, 1912 Music: Dimitri S. Bortiansky, 1825 Melissa Blain, soloist	Laudate Dominum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Melissa Blain, soloist	Allegro from Sonata in G minor Antonio Vivaldi Matthew Winkler, Saxophone
Little Prelude and Fugue in C Major J.S. Bach Dr. J. Douglas McQueen, organist	The Goodness of God by Carl Philipp Emanuel Margaret Blackwell, soloist	Autumn Leaved Composed by David Hoffman David Hoffman, piano
Vivace from Sonata in g minor Antonio Vivaldi Matthew Winkler, Saxophone	Eternal Light, Shine into our Hearts Malcolm Archer The Westminster Choir	God Be With You Ralph Vaughan Williams The Westminster Choir

My Story

“Throughout the week, there are many worldly things pulling me away from my commitment to God. I come to church on Sunday at Westminster to reconnect and renew my relationship with Him. Part of my worship is to ask him for forgiveness for my lack of faithfulness. I leave, reminded that he loves me, forgives me, and walks beside me every day. What a profound blessing that is!”