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Musical Groups at Calvary
Calvary Bell Choir
Calvary has a bell choir which adds to our worship service
monthly. We practice each Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. and
play in worship on the 4th Sunday each month during the school
year. Dr.
Jim Brown leads the Bell Choir. We welcome experienced and
novice ringers, and would love to have you come and join us.
Calvary
Choir
Calvary’s choir participates in worship at our 9:00 service in our lovely sanctuary. Whether singing from our
loft or at the front of the church, the choir adds an uplifting
musical component to worship at Calvary.
Dr. Jim Brown
leads the Calvary Choir. If you would like to give the choir a
try, come to rehearsal on Thursday nights at 7:15. In addition
to a great musical experience, you will find new friends and
fellowship!
Deeper Life Band
Our
Deeper Life Band provides music for our contemporary worship at
11:15 a.m. on Sundays. It is a group diverse in age and musical
experience, and also rich in spirit and fun. We practice on
Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. We play throughout the year, summer
included. If you are interested in joining our
group, contact the church office or email Tony Willing, our
director at
tony@calvary-elca.org.
Tony
Willing
Church Musician,
Composer,
and
Director of Deeper Life Band
Dr. Jim Brown
Calvary Choir & Bell Choir Director
Praised for his “generous tenor” by Early Music America,
choral director, stage director, singer and voice teacher James
L. Brown is an active proponent of both early and new music.
James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, WA where he oversees a large and diverse
voice program. As the director of that school’s Opera Workshop,
he has been the recipient of several grants including a Regency
Scholarship Grant and a Production Grant from the Kurt Weill
Foundation for Music in New York, NY.
Opera News stated that “His lyricism is most appealing.” Brown
has sung with such opera companies and presenters as New York
City Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia,
Bronx Opera, Rogue Opera (Oregon), Chautauqua Opera, Seattle
Early Music Guild, Skylight Opera Theatre (Milwaukee), Aspen
Opera Theater and The Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. The
tenor has sung roles under the baton of such well-known
conductors as James Conlon, John DeMain, Richard Hickox, Julius
Rudel and Robert Spano and early music directors Rinaldo
Alessandrini, Arthur Haas, Andrew Lawrence King and Stephen
Stubbs.
James has introduced many world premieres in the last several
years, among which are: Russian composer, Vladimir Ryabav’s The
Border Between Light and Darkness, Sheila Silver's The Thief of
Love (recently released on DVD), Jack Beeson's The Equilibrists
and Mexican/American composer Riccardo Zohn-Muldoon's Comala at
the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
As a concert soloist, James has appeared at Lincoln Center’s
Alice Tully Hall, Seattle’s Town Hall, Harris Concert Hall at
the Aspen Festival, The Ravinia Festival in Chicago and the
Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. James
sang the title roles in New York State Baroque’s productions of
Rameau’s Pygmalion, Handel’s Jephtha and Bach’s St. John Passion
(Evangelist).
Recent performances have taken Brown back to New York for the
title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Stony Brook), Boston for
three Fringe Concerts at the 2007 Boston Early Music Festival,
Seattle for Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
with the Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera, and Britten’s
Serenade and Cantata Misericordium with Choral Union in Tacoma,
WA (2008).
Brown holds a Bachelor’s Degree in voice performance from Loyola
University/ New Orleans, a Master of Music degree in voice from
the Juilliard School and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from
the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Music News from Calvary
The Calvary Choir will
present movements from Handel's "Messiah" on Good Friday, April
6. Members and friends of Calvary are invited to sing with us
for this special presentation. Rehearsals will be held Thursdays
from 7:15 p.m. to 8p.m. beginning February 16. Rehearsal CDs can
be made available by contacting
Marshia Nicholson.
Coffee House Take a look at
some pictures of our
Coffee House held on
October 21st. Mark your calendar for the next Coffee House:
 Coffee
House
Friday, April 13
7:00 p.m.
Great Room
Theme: "No Fear"
We invite you to gather with us as we enjoy musical acts, fun,
and refreshments. In addition to being entertained, we will
enjoy the company and talents of people of all ages.
To provide a musical act, contact
Tony
Willing
To help with food, set-up or clean-up, contact
Mary
Sawyer
Interested
in Our Organ?
We have a fabulous organ! Tony
Willing invites kids, grandkids, or even adults who would like a
glimpse of the inner works of it, which he describes as akin to
“Inspector Gadget.” Any Sunday following the 9:00 A.M. service,
find Tony and ask him for a tour.
Is Choir a Ministry for Me?
Deeper Life Music CDs Would
you like to get to know the Deeper Life songs better? You will
find a CD of Deeper Life songs available free for you outside of
both worship spaces.
Join the Bell Choir ,Calvary
Choir or Deeper Life Team
Explore your gifts
Try something new
This is your chance!
Group
Rehearsal
Location
Bell Choir Thursdays,
6:00 p.m.
Loft
Calvary Choir
Thursdays 7:15 p.m.
Sanctuary
(Bells and Choir rehearse during the school year and take a
break during the summer.)
Deeper Life Band & Singers Mondays, 6:30 p.m.
Great Room
For more information:
Calvary Choir or Bells:
Jim Brown
Deeper Life Team:
Tony Willing
Join these musicians:
Thanks!
A special thank you to all who provide special
music. You are awesome, but don’t stop now! Once
again, we would appreciate your offerings of special music. Please see the
sign-up sheet in the church lobby.
Hear Original Compositions at Deeper
Life Service
Did you know our Church Musician,
Tony Willing, is also a gifted composer? Come worship with us at
the Deeper Life services at 9:45 a.m. in our Great Room
and hear some of the great songs Tony shares with us!
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