St. Alban's Choir

Revised 26 Apr 2011

St. Alban's Choir sings at the 10:00 a.m. Choral Eucharist on Sundays, September through June, and for festival services and concerts several times each year. The choir is made up of about 25 adult volunteers.

Rehearsals are on Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., with a Sunday morning warm-up rehearsal at 9:15 a.m. If you are interested in singing with us, please contact us! Music at St. Alban's

See also Music at St. Alban's for information about our annual concert series.

St. Alban's Junior Choir is currently on hiatus.

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Listen to St. Alban's Choir

The following are recordings of St. Alban's Choir conducted by *James Vail. Each selection lasts between one and three minutes. These MP3 files are large and may take some time to download.

*Dr. James Vail; Choirmaster, Emeritus, retired in June, 2009.
The first two selections are from our recording, A St. Alban's Christmas, and the others are from live concert performances.

In the bleak midwinter
Christmas hymn with music by Gustav Holst and text by Christina Rossetti (William Beck, organ)

Play (2.2 MB)

Magnificat (Song of Mary)
Canticle with text from Luke 1:46-55 set to plainsong and music by Thomas Morley

Play (2.0 MB)

Ave verum corpus
Setting of a traditional Latin text for choir and strings by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K 618

Play (3.3 MB)

O wondrous love, O Love all loves excelling
Chorale from the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 245, No. 7

Play (1.3 MB)

O mighty King, almighty through all ages
Chorale from the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 245, No. 27

Play (1.8 MB)