For this season after the Epiphany, and in recognition of Black History Month, we have programmed the works of several prominent African American composers. Our service music that remains the same each week for a season includes the Gloria or Song of Praise, the Sanctus (“Holy, holy, holy”), and the Fraction (the sung moment at which the bread is broken).

This season, we sing settings by celebrated African-American contemporaries David Hurd (b. 1950; pictured here), Carl Haywood (b. 1949), and Grayson Warren Brown (1948-2023) at the 9:00 am and/or 11:00 am services. The organ prelude this Sunday is by another Black composer, Robert A. Harris (b. 1938).