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From the start of Myers Park Baptist Church more than 60 years ago, thoughtful, formal, liturgical worship has been the tradition. Throughout our history, we have had a deep sense of connection to the classical music of the church. Our choirs sing Gregorian and Anglican chant, psalms, motets, anthems, master choruses, hymn-based compositions and spirituals within the context of worship.
Each Sunday, the great classical literature for organ is played on the church's magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organ. Several times a year, the church's adult and youth choirs perform major choral/orchestral works.
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YOUTH CHOIR RETREAT (Rising 6-12 Graders)
.....CAMP CARAWAY
.....August 15-17, 2008
The Youth Choir will retreat again this summer at Camp Caraway in Asheboro, NC. The cost is $100 and covers everything. Recreation will include swimming, basketball, and of course "blobbing." (You have to see it to believe it!) Sign up now with Fran Morrison, 704.334.7232 x.17.
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CHANCEL CHOIR RETREAT
.....MONTREAT CONFERENCE CENTER
.....August 29-September 1, 2008
The Chancel Choir will once again "head for the hills" for the 44th annual choir retreat. The choir members and their families-spouses, partners, children and grandchildren-sing, play, and frolic from Friday night through Monday lunch at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, NC. If you miss singing and are contemplating joining this wonderful group for music making and friendship, please call Fran Morrison, 704.334.7232 x.17, or Jonathan Crutchfield, x.58, in the music office for more information.
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MUSIC MINISTRY STAFF:
Dr. Jonathan E. Crutchfield, Minister of Music
Frances L. Morrison, Associate Minister of Music
Dr. Matthew Manwarren, Assistant Organist
Christopher Brown, Interim Director of Children’s Choirs
The Music Ministry of Myers Park Baptist is led by Dr. Jonathan E. Crutchfield.
Dr. Crutchfield has received degrees from Southern Wesleyan University (BA in piano performance); Florida State University (MM in choral conducting performance); and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (DMA in choral conducting). He has taught on the music faculties at Southern Wesleyan University, The University of Alabama at Huntsville, and at Indiana University, Southeast. In addition to conducting, Dr. Crutchfield has provided piano accompaniment for singers, instrumentalists, and conductors throughout the world. He has accompanied choirs at the regional and national levels of the American Choral Directors Association. He has been heard on the British Broadcasting Corporation as service organist for the International Church Music Festival (Bern, Switzerland). Other organ venues have taken him to Japan, Canada, and the United States. Dr. Crutchfield is a published choral and organ composer.
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Dr. Jonathan Crutchfield, Minister of Music, talks with WDAV in Davidson, N.C. about the Motet Singers' appearance at the 2007 Piccolo Spoleto's Festival of
Churches.
Listen to interview (mp3) »
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The Motet Choir
The Motet is one of 8 choirs that provide music for the worship experience of Myers Park Baptist Church. The 24-voice Motet Singers of MPBC was founded in 1999 to explore the more demanding choral literature of many styles — from Medieval to Contemporary Music. Selected by audition from the large 70-voice adult Chancel Choir, the Motet’s members are comprised of professional singers, music educators, and other professionals chosen for their advanced vocal abilities and musicality. Their smaller numbers allow them to explore works that require the flexibility of a smaller, more intimate sound.
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