Ye Weekly Blurb - Church of the Holy Spirit

Ye Weekly Blurb
The Newsletter for the Choirs of the
Church of the Holy Spirit
3345 Lexington Road (at Cannons Lane)
Louisville, Kentucky 40206
Grateful and Hearty
THANKS to all singers for giving out such a warm and fullbodied sound this past Sunday!
While we had just one valiant
treble chorister, (Cayman Kelting), the Spirit Singers were a
mere two voices shy of 100% attendance!
Many thanks to Elizabeth
Gammons for the beautiful solos
during the choral anthem, The
King of Love My Shepherd Is. That
work sounded incredibly full and
grand. Hearty thanks also to our
section leaders who gathered at
the very early hour of 7:30 a.m.
for prepare music for the 8 a.m.
Mass.
Elizabeth, August, Sean,
and Kevin sang a few of the choir’s
“greatest hits” for the prelude and
during the Mass: Cherubicon, God
So Loved the World, and Song of
Thanksgiving.
You all did, indeed, Psallam
Spiritu — Sing with Spirit! Thank
you so much!
Twenty-Ninth
Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Vol. 8, No. 6
19 October 2014
A Reminder
to all singers, ringers, and parents
of treble choristers: Please call, email, or text Dave if
you (or your child) will be absent from choir. Contact
information is in the box at right.
Singers:
Please check
the low file
cabinet for
new music.
You never know when
there will be something
new pop into your yellow
folder!
LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD!
Turn in music we’ve already sung to keep your
binder from bursting!
There’s an “in” and “out”
listing on tonight’s order of
rehearsal.
Welcome, New Treble Choristers!
We extend a hearty welcome to new choristers, Ava Foos
and Gabriella Cullen. Ava joined us last Wednesday and Gabriella joined us this Wednesday.
Both girls attend Holy Spirit School and are in fourth
grade. Ava and Gabriella join choristers Cayman Kelting, Graham Ice, and Gabrielle Scalzo.
Graham has been a busy guy the past few weeks, competing
in cycle-cross. His competitions take him to various places in
Kentucky, and as far afield as Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.
What’s in a Name?
While calling our section
leaders the
Bellarmani
worked for awhile, we now
have three Bellarmine students plus one who attends
IUS.
A few ideas were kicked
around, including Benny and
the Jets, (but we might have
some legal issues with that
one). A few years back, a
student assistant at UofL’s
Law Library suggested to
David Minton that the choir
(or maybe these kids) could
be referred to as The Davetones.
As tempting as that last
one might be, we have
pretty much settled on calling our four section leaders
the Choral Scholars, that
title being shamelessly
lifted from our nearby colleague, Josh Duncan, at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church on
Frankfort Ave.
Thanks,
Josh! Maybe it’s not as
flashy as “Bellarmani,” but it
beats “Section Leaders,”
and as all are pursuing some
study in music, it’s actually
quite accurate: They are
scholars!
THE BASICS
General Information for
Everyone to Know!
Wednesday Rehearsals
Spirit Youth Singers (choir loft)
2:35 p.m.—3:45 p.m.
Spirit Ringers (choir loft)
6:15 p.m.—7:10 p.m.
Spirit Singers (choir loft)
7:30 p.m.—9:15 p.m.
Sunday Mass
Spirit Ringers (ringing days)
9:15 a.m. warm-up (choir loft)
Spirit Singers & Youth Singers
9:30 a.m. warm-up (choir loft)
10 a.m. Mass
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Pastoral Music Office
502-893-3982
Philip T. Hines, Jr. EXT. 710
Organist & Director of Music
Mobile: 502-648-3653
Email: [email protected]
David L. Minton
Choir Director
EXT. 716
Mobile: 502-439-3165
Email: [email protected]
Anne Sabetta
Choir Advisory Board Chair
Mobile: 502-876-3298
Email: [email protected]
CHORAL SCHOLARS
Elizabeth Gammons
August Anderson
Sean Allen
Kevin Johnson
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
YE WEEKLY BLURB is the official newsletter for the Choirs of the Church of the Holy Spirit, 3345 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky, and is published weekly on
Wednesday during the choral season (September—June). At least two issues will be published during the choirs’ summer hiatus (July—August). Announcements,
articles, and photos of interest to the choirs should be emailed to the editor (David Minton, Choir Director, [email protected]). Submissions are due by Sunday
for inclusion in the next issue, space permitting, and may be edited for length and/or content.
Choral Music Schedule
Fall Semester through Christ the King
SR = Spirit Ringers
SS = Spirit Singers
TR = Trebles
Service Music for Ordinary Time includes:
Kyrie 
—
Simple chant in dialogue with the cantor.
Gloria  # 319 A New Mass for Congregations
Alleluia  # 331 “Alleluia 7” (Taizé)
Sanctus
B-II Mass of St. Francis [p. 11]
Mysterium B-II Mass of St. Francis [p. 13-A]
Gr. Amen B-II Mass of St. Francis [p. 17]
Agnus Dei B-II Mass of St. Francis [p. 18] NOTE CHANGE!
 For most Feasts, Solemnities, and special Masses the
Kyrie, Gloria, and Alleluia will be:
Kyrie
B-II Mass of St. Francis
Gloria
B-II Mass of St. Francis
Alleluia
B-II Festival Alleluia
Other service music may change as well, and will be noted.
CHORAL and HANDBELL MUSIC
19 Oct. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
SR
Carillon
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
SS/TR Cherubicon
Henshaw
Rodgers
Diess
26 Oct. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time [Trebles Off]
Fr. Klotter: STATE OF THE PARISH HOMILY
SR
Hymns & Service Music
SS
Day by Day
How
02 Nov. Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(All Souls) with the Highland Chamber Players
SS/TR Dies Irae (abridged version)
Chant
Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord Schalk
Louisville Master Chorale Concert to Honor
the Memory of Melvin D. Dickinson
Co-Founder of the Louisville Bach Society
Noted Bach Scholar and Organist
Beloved Teacher and Friend to Many
This Sunday, 19 October, 2:30 p.m. at the
Cathedral of the Assumption
Mark A. Walker, Artistic Director
Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott — Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia on Ein Feste Burg — John Knowles Paine
Margaret L. Dickinson, Organ
In Memoriam — Richard Burchard
WORLD PREMIERE
Tickets: $20 ; Pre-Concert Program, featuring
Richard Burchard, at 1:45 p.m.
The Louisville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
returns to Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church
(on Browns Lane) for its Annual
Pipes & Pumpkins
Spooktacular
Friday, 24 October, at 7:00 p.m.
09 Nov. Solemnity: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
SR
Bless the Name of the Lord
Ryan
SS/TR Latin Gloria, Sanctus, Mysterium, and Agnus Dei
Locus Iste
Bruckner
This year is geared especially for the youngsters —
Trick-or-Treating in the Lobby before the concert.
16 Nov. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time [Trebles Off]
SS
With Eternal Love
Diess
Five young folks will play piano works they
are studying on the church’s mighty Reuter pipe organ!
23 Nov. Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
SR
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
SS/TR Thou Art the King of Glory, O Christ
Osman
Handel
(w/Bob Adelberg, bass)
Tim Baker will accompany a silent movie,
and several local organists (including our own Pip Hines)
will present “seasonal” music.
A ghoulish reception will continue the festivities.
The following Sunday begins Advent!
Admission Free! Come in costume—if you dare!
On the Mend!
Thanksgiving Week Heads Up
We’re happy to report that Spirit Singer alto, Martina Gregory, came through back surgery very well
last Thursday. She was discharged from the hospital on Sunday. She expects to be out of choir for
about six weeks during her recovery and rehab.
She asks that we keep praying that everything goes
well, and she’ll be back with us as soon as she can.
Thursday, 27 November is Thanksgiving Day. As we have
done for several years, at the request of many singers and ringers,
The Spirit Ringers and Spirit Singers will rehearse on TUESDAY, 25 November, rather than Wednesday.
As they will be out of school for Thanksgiving Break, there will
be no rehearsal for the Spirit Youth Singers that week.
Please mark this on your calendar NOW, so we have full choirs
for evening rehearsals that week.
Dies Irae — Understanding What We Sing
This week we repeat the translation of the Sequence, Dies Irae. We will sing an abbreviated version, (verses 18, plus Pie Jesu), on November 2. The full article on this appeared in last week’s issue.
The Latin text below is taken from the Requiem Mass in the 1962 Roman Missal. The English translation, in
poetic form, was found in Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire, Volume I: Sacred Latin Texts, compiled and annotated by Ron Jeffers. © 1988 by earthsongs.
1. Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla.
Day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world into embers, as David prophesied with the Sibyl.
2. Quantus tremor est futures Quando judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discusurus!
How great the trembling will be, when the Judge shall come, the rigorous investigator of all things!
3. Tuba mirum spargens sonum Per sepulcra regionum Coget omnes ante thronum.
The trumpet, spreading its wondrous sound through the tombs of every land, will summon all before the throne.
4. Mors stupebit et natura, Cum resurget creatura, Judi canti responsura.
Death will be stunned, likewise nature, when all creation shall rise again to answer the One judging.
5. Liber scriptus proferetur, In quo totum continetur, Un mundus judicetur.
A written book will be brought forth, in which all shall be contained, and from which the world shall be judged.
6. Judex ergo cum sedebit, Quidquid latet apparebit: Nil inultum remanebit.
When therefore the Judge is seated, whatever lies hidden shall be revealed, no wrong shall remain unpunished.
7. Quid sem miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix justus sit securus.
What am I, a poor wretch, going to say? Which protector shall I ask for, when even the just are scarcely secure?
8. Rex tremendae majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis, Salva me, fons pietatis.
King of terrifying majesty, who freely saves the saved: Save me, fount of pity.
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem.
Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest.
A very good YouTube video of the Monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame chanting this Sequence is found at:
http://youtu.be/-fMHms5Cvsw
Sunday Dress Code
Being in the rear gallery of the church,
it can be easy to forget that we still need
to dress appropriately for church.
The choir does have a dress code—a
rather lax one, to be sure—that does need
to be followed by all singers, ringers, and
treble choristers.
For rehearsals, very casual dress is
acceptable, including shorts, t-shirts,
hoodies, etc.
For Mass, we ask that “dressy” casual,
(or “business casual”), attire be worn.
Shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops, hoodies, are not
to be worn for church. Jeans are fine—
but no holes or rips—as are polo shirts. If
you’re a “Sunday Best” kind of person, go
for it, but don’t feel obligated to go all out
each Sunday.
Many thanks for observing this relatively small but important detail!
Want to Be
an Organ
Groupie?
Join the Louisville Chapter of
the
American
Guild of Organists.
There are various
levels
of
membership.
For more information go to
www.agohq.org
and click on “JOIN
THE GUILD.”
The Archdiocese of Louisville Chapter of the
National Association of Pastoral Musicians
Welcomes everyone to join as a chapter member. Holy Spirit Church also has a national parish membership with NPM. Local dues are just $20! You’ll get advance
notice of all events!