Welcome to the 2012-2013 Season of
Great Music at Saint James'
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
For the past sixteen years we have been honored to host many of the most distinguished organists from throughout the world. This season we welcome
John Tuttle(Canada),
Nigel Potts(New Zealand),
Zeljko Marasovich (Croatia), and American organists
Adam Brakel,
Scott Dettra,
Marilyn Keiser and
Ross Wood.
We invite you to experience great organ music played on the
David John Falconer Memorial Organ (originally built in 1911 by Murray M. Harris). Comprising over 5,000 pipes in total, the organ is an important part of Los Angeles musical history and takes its place among the country's most important and magnificent instruments.
These recitals are offered as a gift to the community free of charge, and we are grateful to the Ahmanson Foundation and our
Friends of Great Music for their continuing support.
HORIZON CHAMBER CHOIR
We are also honored to welcome the
Horizon Chamber Choir, a young Los Angeles choir which is quickly establishing itself as one of Southern California's premier vocal ensembles. They will present the music of Johann Sebastian Bach on 25 November 2012.
Free.
SILENCE AND MUSIC - COMPLINE
Drawn from the most contemplative of the monastic offices begun in the middle ages, this candle-lit choral service offers music from Gregorian Chant and early polyphony to the contemporary music of modern mystics. An offering of thanksgiving and a plea for peace, the male voices of the
Schola Cantorum of Saint James' presents three
Compline services this season: on the fourth Sundays of October, January and April.
Freewill offering.
SOLEMN EVENSONG
The Choir of Saint James' has distinguished itself as the first American Choir to have sung in performance with the Choir of Westminster Abbey, London. Since then, they have served three times as Choir-in-Residence at the Abbey, as well as services at Christ Church Oxford, Wells Cathedral, St. George's Chapel Windsor, and Canterbury Cathedral. They are pleased to offer the Los Angeles community the uniquely Anglican service of
Evensong in the style of the great English Cathedrals on the second Sunday of the month, October through May.
Freewill offering.
ADVENT PROCESSION OF LESSONS AND CAROLS
Patterned after the ever-popular service of Nine Lessons and Carols originating from King's College, Cambridge, England, the
Choir of Saint James' offers
this service in anticipation of Christmas on 9 December 2012 (in place of Evensong).
Freewill offering.
Calendar
Sunday 14 October 2012
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Scott Dettra
Newly appointed Organist/Choirmaster of the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX,
Scott Dettra was for the past five years Principal Organist and Associate Director of Music at Washington National Cathedral. He has performed throughout the US and at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. His critically acclaimed recordings include Tongues of Fire, featuring French music performed on the 325-rank organ of the Cadet Chapel at West Point, and Majestus, featuring large-scale organ favorites performed on the Great Organ of Washington National Cathedral. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Mr. Dettra holds two degrees from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, and has also studied jazz piano at Manhattan School of Music.
Scott Dettra's program will include the Overture from "Die Meistersinger" by Richard Wagner; Evocation II by Thierry Escaich; Organ Concerto in F Major by G. F. Handel; Prelude and Fugue in C Minor by Healey Willan; Cantabile by César Franck; and the Sonata Eroica by Joseph Jongen.
Free.
Sunday 28 October 2012
7:30pm
COMPLINE
Schola Cantorum of Saint James'
A quiet, candle-lit church with the fragrance of incense mingling with the uplifting strains of chant: a spiritual oasis in the heart of Los Angeles - this is the setting for
Compline. As you enter the darkened church, you are welcome to sit or recline anywhere in the building as the male voices of the
Schola Cantorum sing ancient melodies and mystical hymns to refresh your spirit. Please come as you are! A cushion or pillow may be desirable.
Sunday 11 November 2012
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Zeljko Marasovich
Zeljko Marasovich (pronounced ZhEl-ko) was born in Zagreb, Croatia and studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music and in Rome at the St. Cecilia Conservatory of Music under Mo. Fernando Germani. He has performed throughout Europe, the United States and Asia including such prominent venues as Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall in Moscow, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
In 1985 Zeljko moved to the United States and continued his studies at USC School of Music. Currently Zeljko serves the American Guild of Organists as Dean of the Los Angeles Chapter.
In addition to being a concert and church organist, he is a critically acclaimed composer for film, theatre and the concert stage. He has a long-standing collaboration with the ground breaking Bethune Theatre Dance company. His recently commissioned theatre scores include Ray Bradburry's "Frost and Fire" and "Silent Roar", a multimedia spectacle blending dance, music, video and special effects.
Zeljko Marasovich's program is entitled "Music from my Neighborhood" and includes the Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H by Franz Liszt; Chant du Soir and Pièce Héroique by Enrico Bossi; Fantasy in C Minor by Franjo Lucic; Signum by Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter; Wedding Toccata and Mourning Toccata by Otmar Mácha; and Postludium by Leos Janácek.
Free.
Sunday 25 November 2012
4:30pm
CHORAL CONCERT
Horizon Chamber Choir
Founded in 2010, the
Horizon Chamber Choir has quickly established itself as one of Los Angeles' premier vocal ensembles. Specializing in the music of J.S. Bach, the 2011-2012 season included collaborations with the Bach Collegium San Diego (St. John Passion) and the Cincinnati Boychoir (Bach cantatas). This season, the choir led by music director Christian Campos will be the featured guest ensemble at the Los Angeles Bach Festival. Members of the group regularly perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Choir; a number of the choir's members belong to the Choir of St. James'.
This concert will feature the music of Johann Sebastian Bach: cantata BWV 131 Aus der Tiefen, rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen. and Bach's arrangement of Johann Kuhnau's cantata Der Gerechte kömmt um.
Free.
Sunday 9 December 2012
4:30pm
AN ADVENT PROCESSION OF LESSONS AND CAROL
The Choir of Saint James' sings Advent carols and music from Gregorian Chant to the present day. Join us for this annual tradition in the style of King's College, Cambridge.
Freewill Offering.
CHRISTMAS AT SAINT JAMES'
You are invited to join us for a festive Christmas celebration of the Holy Eucharist with the
Choir of Saint James' and instrumentalists at 10:30pm, 24 December, or with a quiet service of Gregorian Chant at 10:30am on Christmas Day, 25 Dec.
Sunday 13 January 2013
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Adam Brakel
"An absolute prodigy and virtuoso whose huge repertoire encompasses the entire spectrum of organ literature" - National Public Radio
With degrees and honors from Duquesne University, The Juilliard School, and the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore,
Adam Brakel is a prizewinner in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Scholarship Competition, the Carlene Neihart International Organ Competition and others. He has concertized at such noteworthy venues as St. Paul's Cathedral, London, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. His developing concert career has engaged him from coast to coast in the US and throughout England.
Adam is currently Director of Music at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fl. He previously served as Director of Music/Organist at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Palm Beach Gardens, a position he was appointed to at age 25, which made him one of the youngest directors appointed to a Cathedral position in the USA.
Sunday 27 January 2013
7:30pm
COMPLINE
Schola Cantorum of Saint James'
Sunday 10 February 2013
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Ross Wood
"exquisite playing" - Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians
Ross Wood is Associate Organist Choirmaster at Boston's Church of the Advent. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Southern Methodist University, Dr. Wood previously served from 1985 to 2001 as Associate Organist of Trinity Church, Copley Square in Boston.
Among Mr. Wood's numerous recital appearances are Washington National Cathedral, St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta, New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Thomas Church, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Trinity Church, Wall Street. In France he has appeared at Notre-Dame de Paris on two occasions, the American Cathedral in Paris, and at festivals in Bourges and Carcassonne.
Equally appreciated as an accompanist, Mr. Wood's four compact discs with the Trinity Choir have garnered critical acclaim. With orchestra he has appeared as soloist in Francis Poulenc's Concert champêtre with the Dallas Symphony under Leonard Slatkin and has performed in the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine and Hellmuth Rilling and in the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart.
Ross Wood's program will include the complete performance of two major works: Symphonie Romane, Op. 73 by Charles-Marie Widor; and Trois Danses by Jehan Alain.
Sunday 10 March 2013
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Nigel Potts
". . . a consummate musician who knows how to communicate the essence of this music" - The American Organist
Born into a musical family from English grandparents (his grandmother having studied with Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music in London), Nigel's list of performances includes such distinguished venues as Westminster Abbey (London debut aged 21) and St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Notre-Dame de Paris; The Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland; Klagenfurt Cathedral, Austria; The Riverside Church & Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Washington National Cathedral; United States Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis; Woolsey Hall, Yale University; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Dunedin & Wellington Town Halls, New Zealand; Hong Kong Cultural Centre and various venues in Australia, Taiwan and Singapore.
An exponent of orchestral transcriptions and a respected champion of 19th & 20th century British organ music, Nigel Potts is admired for his "intuitive grasp of the grand British style.secure technique, idiomatic phrasing and expression" (The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians). His CDs and recitals have been reviewed favorably by critics around the world and have been broadcast on radio/web stations in Australia, Iceland, New Zealand, on Pipedreams in the USA.
Nigel Potts is a graduate of Yale University and holds diplomas from the Conservatorium of Music in Wellington and Trinity College of Music, London. He has also studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Presently Nigel Potts is Organist & Choirmaster of Christ & Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, New York City.
Sunday 14 April 2013
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
John Tuttle
John Tuttle has been Organist and Choirmaster of Saint Thomas's Church, Toronto, since 1982 - a small Anglo-Catholic parish which has kept and nurtured a rich musical and liturgical tradition. He teaches organ for the Faculty of Music and also serves as Organist to the University of Toronto, a post which he has held since 1979. In 2006 he was appointed Organist and Choirmaster of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where he conducts the Trinity Chapel Choir at weekly services and works with the divinity students.
He is Founder and Conductor of the Exultate Chamber Singers, which has had a long and distinguished history of choral excellence. After studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he served in the United States Army as Organist and Choirmaster of the Post Chapel at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, and then returned to Philadelphia to serve as Dr. McCurdy's successor at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. In 1975 he left the United States for Toronto, Canada to become Organist and Choirmaster of St. Paul's Anglican Church, where he remained until accepting the post at St. Thomas's Church.
Dr. Tuttle holds the Fellowship Diploma of the American Guild of Organists, and holds honorary Fellowship diplomas from the Royal College of Organists (UK) and the Royal Canadian College of Organists, of which he was National President from 1986 to 1988. In the Fall of 2005 he was honored by a Doctor of Sacred Letters degree (honoris causa) from Trinity College at the University of Toronto for his contributions to church and choral music in Canada.
Sunday 28 April 2013
7:30pm
COMPLINE
Schola Cantorum of Saint James'
Sunday 12 May 2013
4:30pm
SOLEMN EVENSONG
Choir of Saint James'
6:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES ORGAN SERIES
Marilyn Keiser
". . .a brilliant technique that is used to underscore an impeccable musicianship. . ." - Houston Chronicle
Marilyn Keiser is Chancellor's Professor of Music Emeritus at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she taught courses in sacred music and applied organ for 25 years. She has performed throughout the world in solo recitals and with the Detroit and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. Upon earning her degree from Union Theological Seminary in NYC, she assumed Associate posts at the Riverside Church and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
In constant demand as an organ recitalist and workshop leader, Dr. Keiser has appeared throughout the United States and has been a featured artist for regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists. In addition, she has appeared as featured artist for the International Congress of Organists in Cambridge, England; in concert at the Royal Victoria Hall with the Singapore Symphony; at the American Cathedral in Paris, the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Winchester, England and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
She has been president of the Association of Anglican Musicians, a contributing editor to the hymnal, Ecumenical Praise, has served on the Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on Church Music and was a consultant to the Hymn Music Committee for the Episcopal Hymnal 1982. In addition, she served for five years as chairman of the Advisory Board for the Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations. Dr. Keiser is past-Chairman of the Worship and Music Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis and is Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Bloomington. She is also the author of a publication in the Church Hymnal Teaching Series entitled "Teaching Music in Small Churches."
In May of 1995, Marilyn Keiser was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. In April 1997 she was presented the Unitas Citation from Union Theological Seminary and in April 1998 she was presented with a Teaching Excellence Recognition Award from the Indiana University School of Music. She was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Illinois Wesleyan University in February 2002.
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Programs subject to change.