This Sunday at 10am, inspired by the gospel of the Good Samaritan, Carleena Manzi will sing an arrangement of the American folksong Wayfaring Stranger. Carleena is our alto section leader at

At St. Michael’s on Sunday, June 22, we’re commemorating Juneteenth with inclusive hymns such as “All are welcome” and “Let streams of living justice flow down upon the earth.” Thanks again to Bob Spiers for substituting as organist while Hannah is away.

Meanwhile, St. Michael’s Music Director & Organist Hannah Brewer will be away the following two Sundays in Eastern Europe on a choir tour with “Cantores in Ecclesia.” On Sunday, June 15, they’ll be singing a Mass at the Augustinian Monastery St. Catherine of Alexandria in Kraków,

Please join us for a Choral Evensong this Saturday, June 7, at 5:00 pm for the Eve of Pentecost. Music will be led by the St. Michael’s Singers as their last service until September.

The St. Michael’s Choristers finish up their season this Sunday at 9:00 am, singing an anthem all on their own during communion. Their anthem, “Ching-a-Ring Chaw,” arranged by celebrated American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990), is one that requires some context.

Good Shepherd Sunday brings us one of J.S. Bach’s most iconic works: “Sheep May Safely Graze.” Originally composed as a soprano aria, the choir will sing an arrangement in four-part harmony with the text “Flocks in pastures green abiding.”

Happening this weekend in the sanctuary is another WEKA (Western Early Keyboard Association) event on Saturday, May 3, at 2:00 pm, open to the public and FREE for St. Michael’s parishioners. “Continental Connections: from Mount Vernon to Leipzig” is a harpsichord recital featuring Joyce Lindorff (pictured) of Temple University.

Thank you to all our choirs at St. Michael’s for bringing such power and passion to our Holy Week services. We sang in English and Spanish (and Latin), enjoyed participation from young and old, combined or shared musical responsibilities with multiple choirs, and provided the score to our journey through the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Join us for Holy Week as we reflect and celebrate through music and singing. On Maundy Thursday, April 17, the St. Michael’s Singers and Choristers will join forces to provide two anthems (and lead many hymns) as we experience foot-washing, the last supper, and the starkness of the stripping of the altar.

This week’s offertory anthems are Mary-centric, as Sunday’s gospel describes Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with perfume. At 9:00 am, the St. Michael’s Singers offer an arrangement of the spiritual “O Mary, Don’t You Weep” with soloists Palmer and Beth.