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532 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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532 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Music

Music Notes for Sunday, June 4, 2023: Trinity Sunday

2023-05-29 by Murray Walker

Preachers tend to dread Trinity Sunday because of its tendency to get bogged down in theological dogma. However, choirs like it because they get to sing “Holy, holy, holy,” a perennial favorite hymn, and the wonderful, though lengthy, “I bind unto [Read more...]

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Music Notes for Sunday, May 28th: Whitsunday; the Day of Pentecost

2023-05-22 by Murray Walker

Today, in celebration of Whitsunday, the Day of Pentecost, and in recognition of our Choral Scholars’ last official service this program year, Calvary Choir presents a Special Choral Eucharist, our first since before COVID. In place of the usual, [Read more...]

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Music Notes for Sunday, May 21st: the Seventh Sunday of Easter and the Sunday after Ascension Day

2023-05-17 by Murray Walker

The Sunday After Ascension Day is one of two days in the church year (the other being Christ the King, the last Sunday of the year) when we envision Christ in sitting in regal splendor upon the Throne of Heaven. This is in stark contrast to the [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, This Week's Music Tagged: Choral Eucharist, Music

Music Notes for May 7, 2023, the Fifth Sunday of Easter

2023-05-01 by Murray Walker

Today we reflect on Jesus' words to Thomas, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." We sing Ralph Vaughan Williams' iconic hymn, The Call, from Five Mystical Songs, "Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life." Our anthem, Ego dilecta meo, by Ivan Moody, [Read more...]

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Music Notes for Good Shepherd Sunday, April 30, 2023

2023-04-24 by Murray Walker

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday in consideration of the lections for the day, which include the image of Christ the Good Shepherd and the Twenty-third Psalm. Perhaps the world’s best known and most loved psalm, three [Read more...]

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Music Notes for Maundy Thursday

2023-04-03 by Murray Walker

On Maundy Thursday we celebrate the establishment of the Holy Eucharist at Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples and his “mandate” that we love one another. The word, “maundy,” likely comes from the Latin, Mandatum novum do vobis, “I give you a new [Read more...]

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Former choral scholar sings with California Symphony

2023-03-23 by Alex Johnson

Former Calvary alto choral scholar Sara Couden has gone on to make quite a name for herself in the opera scene, including work with the Metropolitan Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and the St. Petersburg Opera. This Saturday, she'll be performing [Read more...]

Posted in: Music Tagged: Choral Scholar, Music

Organ installation – the final weeks

2018-11-18 by Alex Johnson Leave a Comment

The last two weeks have seen our organ installation really take it's final shape. Bill has been working continuously and making rapid progress toward our goal of hearing it in a week for our special Choral Eucharist on Christ the King Sunday. Kymm [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, Shoenstein Organ Installation

ORGAN RECITAL CANCELLED

2018-11-17 by Murray Walker

We regret to announce that the Organ Recital with Patrick Wedd, scheduled for November 18, has had to be cancelled due to an injury. Watch the Music Page of this website for updates.

Posted in: Music, Shoenstein Organ Installation

Organ installation update – the home stretch

2018-11-04 by Alex Johnson Leave a Comment

The pile is getting smaller! These last several weeks have seen lots of continuing activity on our big organ transplant. I've had a bit less time to work on the project, having been doing some traveling for work, but progress has been steady [Read more...]

Posted in: Music, Shoenstein Organ Installation Tagged: Music, Organ
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532 Center Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

831-423-8787

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Sunday 8:00 a.m. Rite I Spoken

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