Choral Evensong

Saint Philip’s is delighted that the Choir of Saint Nicholas and the Schola Cantorum have been invited to be the Visiting Choir at Wells Cathedral in England this July. This is an exciting honor for the choristers; the invitation was based on the last two successful choral residencies at Ely Cathedral (2019) and at Worcester Cathedral (2016).

Saint Philip’s will hold a special Choral Evensong as the choristers prepare for their departure. You are invited to participate at 4:30pm on Wednesday, July 6. The invitation extends to the parish dinner that will follow. (If you would like to help with the dinner, please contact Mtr Taylor at taylor.devine@stphilipstucson.org.)

Choral residency is a musical pilgrimage of sorts that offers remarkable formational value for the parish youths. In the course of a residency, the choristers will sing eight full choral liturgies in one of the very places where the Episcopal choral tradition developed and still thrives.

The choristers can experience how their work in Tucson, Arizona is connected to that of Christians on the other side of the world. Singing music the choristers love in situ can have a powerful integrative effect on these budding worshippers, cementing their relationship to the Church for years to come.