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Music at St.
Luke's
To contact St. Luke's music department
concerning either opportunities
within the church or concert space, please email
our Director of
Music, Phill Greenland, at adknorth (at) gmail
(dot) com. We're always
happy to hear from new friends and new
collaborators.
Vocal Music
We continually seek to enhance the worship
experience through a
balanced repertoire of traditional hymns, music
of the Masters,
psalms, and songs of praise and renewal. St.
Luke's includes classic
music from the Anglican tradition, and a blend
of renewal and
new-traditionalist sources. Under Phill's
direction, our choir sings
the first and second Sundays of each month at
the ten o'clock service,
and on special holidays and principal Feast
Days. Anyone of any age is
welcome to sing with us, regardless of
experience. The choir meets at
nine o'clock Sunday mornings, to sing at the ten
o'clock service the
first two Sundays of each month.
The Duncan Pipe Organ
In 1994, St. Luke's was blessed with the gift of
a twenty-six rank
pipe organ, originally designed by Martin
Boehling (which originally
began life at the Stuyvesant-Fish home in
Manhattan). The organ was
redesigned, augmented, and installed by
parishioner Ranny Duncan and
his family, at no cost to the church.
The organ contains 32 ranks of pipes with more
than twenty voices, a
completely enclosed swell chamber, and it is
controlled by a
three-manual and pedal board console. The
organ's wind is produced by
a set of three high-speed blowers. In addition
to the pipe gallery and
console, it is managed by stop tabs and a
ten-piston setterboard. The
organ is currently tuned and maintained by the
A. Richard Strauss
Organ Company of Ithaca, New York. In 2011 and
2012, the organ was
redesigned by Mr. Strauss, including the
relocation of several ranks
of pipes, and a complete rebuild and addition in
the Swell chamber.
The addition to the organ was made possible by a
further generous
donation from the Duncan family. A plaque
officially renaming this
great instrument “The Duncan Pipe Organ” will be
installed below the
pipe gallery when the addition is completed in
the Spring of 2012.
Handbells, Instrumental, and Special Music
St. Luke's believes that all music, properly
presented, can be an
offering to the Lord. To this end, St. Luke's
provides a range of
opportunities for both musicians and
non-musicians. One Sunday
morning, you might notice Phill handing a
parishioner a handbell to
ring the Angelus Chime to begin the service. At
our five o'clock
Saturday service, you hear the prelude played on
a handbell tree,
along with the peaceful sounds of a Taize or
Iona Community chant. One
Sunday might feature a prominent local soloist
at the anthem, a
student musician from the local school, or a
professional back in town
studying music on a professional level. All
types of music and all
instruments are considered appropriate for
praise and celebration at
St. Luke's.
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