All are warmly invited to an Ensemble Boulanger recital this weekend, tied in to our celebration of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of St. Michael’s nave.

St. Michael’s Day 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the dedication of St. Michael’s nave. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the installation of our Balcom & Vaughan pipe organ. To observe these events, all are invited to a special Choral Evensong for the Feast of Saint Michael & All Angels on Friday, September 29, at 7:00 pm.

The choir season has started, and we are excited about our upcoming musical offerings! Please join us on Friday, September 29 at 7pm for a choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Michael & All Angels, where we will also be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nave AND the 50th anniversary of our Balcom and Vaughan pipe organ.

A choral anthem will be offered this Sunday, August 20 at the 10am service. A summer pickup choir will sing Stephen Paulus’s simple but effective setting of Lift up our hearts, O King of Kings, with Brian Fairbanks on flute.

Don’t miss the special treat of a mini organ demo and organ building workshop this Sunday following the 10am service in the sanctuary.

Tenor Palmer Haffner reprises his 2023 Broadway Night solo “Beautiful City” from the musical Godspell during Sunday’s 10am service. Particularly poignant for Recovery Sunday, the song asks “Out of the ruins and rubble, out of the smoke, out of our night of struggle, can we see a ray of hope?”

Longtime parishioner Chad Southwell delights us on Sunday with Irish and Scottish fiddle tunes to open and close the 10am service.

This Sunday at 10:00 am, baritone Josh English sings Bist du bei mir. This famous aria, often attributed to J.S. Bach, is originally from the opera Diomedes by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

Monday through Thursday of this week, St. Michael’s organist Hannah Brewer has been attending the American Guild of Organists West Regional Convention right here in Portland.