When Dean Penny approached me to prepare this Ministry Highlight on the Music Department, I was immediately struck with what a difficult task this is to accomplish in just one short letter. How do I talk about something in which I am so impassioned in just a few paragraphs? How do I convey how special … READ MORE…
Local well-known concert pianist Bryan Verhoye will present a thrilling program of solo piano music on the Cathedral’s recently restored Steinway grand piano on November 18, 2023 at 5 pm. Program highlights include works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Ginastera’s epic Sonata No 1 for piano. Suggested donation: $20 ($5 Students) Click here to … READ MORE…
St. Paul’s opens its Great Hall concert series this fall with a delightful performance by soprano Angelina Réaux, and baritone Michael Sokol singing “Songs for a Saturday”. This program includes some of musical theatre’s loveliest love songs and duets, songs from the American Songbook and songs from composers such as Poulenc, Ravel, Bernstein, Sondheim, and … READ MORE…
Dear St. Paul’s family, Since I returned from my sabbatical a number of people have asked me about the post-pandemic rebuilding of our music ministry. In this letter I will try to give you as full a picture as possible of our progress in each area and of the challenges and opportunities before us. Please … READ MORE…
Our Cathedral Organist and Canon for Music, Canon Martin Green interviews Nicholas Halbert about his personal experience in the Organ Scholar Program.
Dear St. Paul´s family, Our Pentecost celebration last Sunday was joyful and Spirit-filled. I had the blessing of attending all four services and experiencing the wide variety of gifts and cultures that we enjoy here in San Diego. We heard the Acts reading in many different languages, we experienced a graceful dance, we sang great … READ MORE…
The humorist Garrison Keillor is credited with the following: Many Episcopalians are bred from childhood to sing in four-part harmony, a talent that comes from sitting on the lap of someone singing alto or tenor or bass and hearing the harmonic intervals by putting your little head against that person’s rib cage. It’s natural for … READ MORE…
Lyssa Melonakos of First Presbyterian Church shares this event with us: The San Diego Street Choir, featured in the Union Tribune back in December, has grown a lot over the past year, both in numbers and in confidence. The Street Choir is a choir designed for individuals experiencing homelessness. Despite the nature of street life—a … READ MORE…
You may know Robert Frost’s poem The Tuft of Flowers, but if you don’t, I commend it to you. The scene is a hay field in the late morning when the speaker has gone to turn the newly mown hay. The mower, having been there at dawn to complete his work, has gone his way. … READ MORE…
“Yes, I have.” “But aren’t you writing any longer?” “Well, not as much.” “It’s just that you’d mentioned a third novel in the Laguna series. Think you’ll write it?” Conversations like this happen fairly often. You get known for doing one thing and people expect you’re going to always do that. After all, don’t you … READ MORE…