The musicians of St John’s Episcopal Church, Dallas, music ministry strive to glorify the Triune God as revealed in Holy Scripture, so that His people might be edified through music. With nearly 70 years’ tradition of sacred music, St John’s music ministry continues to learn, promote, and offer the highest quality liturgical and sacred music. Concerts and other special events are musical features of this music ministry. If you wish to participate through playing an instrument or singing, contact Benjamin Kolodziej, Organist and Choirmaster (bkolodziej@stjohnsepiscopal.org).
The Church’s One Foundation
The Church’s One Foundation Standing squarely within the English Victorian tradition of churchly song, this hymn bears all the hallmarks one would expect from that cultural milieu—a tune which is solid rhythmically but lilting melodically and a text which juxtaposes good and evil, right and wrong, black and white against one another. Samuel Stone (1839-1900) […]
Continue readingMusic for the First Sunday in Lent
Lent is a solemn and somber time of the church year, beginning as it did last Wednesday as we remembered that we “are dust and to dust we shall return.” Thus, the liturgy takes on a more penitential character during Lent. We do not sing that festive song of praise, the Gloria in Excelsis, and […]
Continue readingO Wondrous Type, O Vision Fair
This hymn may not be the most familiar–it is only sung once a year, on Transfiguration Sunday. Singing just once a year doesn’t allow a hymn to gain much currency, but it does reinforce the connection between the hymns and the liturgical year. Consider its text, based on the account of the Transfiguration which, among other […]
Continue readingAs With Gladness, Men of Old
The season of Epiphany encompasses the time from January 6 (the end of Christmas) until Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. Most people associate this season with the wise men, or the three kings, but this is only a small aspect of all the season entails (One of the most famous Epiphany hymns […]
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