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Music, Annual Report, 2017
Brad Volland

The past year once again bore witness to many
blessings for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church’s music
ministry! As you know, our choir is small but
wholly committed and dedicated to serving the
church and community by praising God through
Christ the Son.

The choir and visiting musicians presented a wide

range of musical styles to the congregation and
community during the past year. Our choir
presented several new anthems, including new
contemporary anthems, classical anthems and
anthems based on familiar hymn tunes such as
“Gift of Love,” “Here I am, Lord” also known as “I
the Lord of Sea and Sky,” “Veni Emmanuel,” “Nun
danket alle Gott,” and “Cranham.” We are currently working on new anthems for Holy Week
and Easter.

Our sincere appreciation and thanks go to: (1) Helmut Linne von Berg for his continued choir
membership and for sharing his violin music with us; (2) Marilyn Newman for her gift of
beautiful harp music; and to (3) Andy Cortez for his amazing trumpet playing and Jim Heimbach
for sharing his piano playing. These wonderful people share their talents enthusiastically and
with love.

Our annual concert series continued to be very well received with our congregation and
community for the sixth year! We look forward to the return of “The Thirteen” on February 11,
2018 at 7:00 p.m. This amazingly talented and delightful choral group is not to be missed so
mark your calendars!

We are most thankful for Mark W. Thompson and his staff, who continue to offer their
specialized talents in the maintenance of our pre-Civil War pipe organ.

I recently enjoyed celebrating my eighth Christmas with you and hope to serve the church for
many years to come.

2018 promises to be another wonderful year in the musical life of our beloved St. Peter’s.

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