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Our choir program is central to the life of the Cathedral, and is the principal focus of our music energies. Each week during the choir season our various choirs provide magnificent choral music at the weekly Sunday 9:30 and 11:15 am sung Eucharists.
The Sunday 9:30 Family Eucharist is normally sung by the Cathedral Girls' Choir and joined regularly by the Schola Cantorum to sing choral repertoire for this particular genre.
The 11:15 Choral Eucharist, normally sung by the Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys, features a choral setting of the Mass, in addition to other choral music..
2009-2010 SCHEDULE
Sunday, October 4th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for St. Francis Day and Blessing of Animals, preceded by a fair on Cathedral grounds, beginning at 2:00 pm
Wednesday, October 28th at 7:30 pm
Concert by the Wakefield Cathedral Choir
Thomas Moore, Director / Jonathan Bielby, Organist
The Men & Girls’ Choir of Wakefield Cathedral, England, will present a varied concert of sacred and secular music, including works by Stanford, Leighton, Mendelssohn, John Scott, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin!
Tickets for the concert will be available at the door, and are $15 general seating, $5 high school & college students, children under 13 admitted free.
Friday, October 30th at 8:00 pm
Recital by Alistair Nelson & Parker Kitterman
The Cathedral’s Associate Organist and Choirmaster Alistair Nelson and former Associate Organist and Choirmaster Parker Kitterman will present a recital of organ music and transcriptions for Halloween. Parker is a graduate of Duke University and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (Master of Music, Organ). He studied at the Brussels Conservatory on a Fulbright grant and was a semi-finalist in the international organ competitions in Toulouse (2002) and Tokyo (2008). He is currently Organist and Choir Director at the Church of the Good Shepherd in New York City. The program will include the Toccata and Fugue in d minor by J.S. Bach, excerpts from Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and the Sonata in d minor for organ duet by Gustav Merkel.
Suggested Donation: $10 general seating, $5 seniors, students & children under 13 admitted free.
Sunday, November 1st at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for All Saints’ Day
Sunday, November 22nd at 3:00 pm
Solemn Choral Evensong for the Seating of the Right Reverend Lawrence Provenzano as Eighth Bishop of Long Island. We anticipate that seating for this event will be limited – please call the Cathedral Office for details.
Sunday, December 6th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Advent
Sunday, December 20th at 4:00 pm
A Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas
Thursday, December 24th at 8:30 & 11:00 pm
Solemn Eucharist for Christmas Eve, preceded by carols
Sunday, January 10th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Epiphany
Sunday, February 7th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Candlemas
Wednesday, February 17th at 8:00 pm
Solemn Eucharist for Ash Wednesday
Sunday, February 28th at 4:00 pm
Recital by Ryan Jackson
Ryan Jackson is a native of Bracebridge, Ontario, and the winner of the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ 2005 National Organ Playing Competition. In 2008, Ryan completed his master’s degree at Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray as a recipient of the
Robert Baker stipend. Ryan is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Juilliard School in New York City where he studies with Paul Jacobs. Ryan is attending Juilliard on full scholarship as a recipient of the C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellowship. His program will include works by J.S. Bach, Maurice Duruflé, and Rachel Laurin.
Suggested Donation: $10 general seating, $5 seniors, students & children under 13 admitted free.
Sunday, March 7th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Lent
Sunday, March 14th at 4:00 pm
Recital by Alistair Nelson
Alistair Nelson is Associate Organist and Choirmaster at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, where he directs the Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Schola Cantorum. Alistair grew up in Australia, and in 2005, won the Open Section of the Sydney Organ Competition. In 2007, Alistair graduated with a Master of Music degree from Yale University, where he was awarded the Mary Baker Scholarship in Organ Accompaniment. While at Yale he studied with both Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. Alistair’s program will include organ transcriptions of Max Reger’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
Suggested Donation: $10 general seating, $5 seniors, students & children under 13 admitted free.
Wednesday, March 31st at 8:00 pm
The Office of Tenebrae
Thursday, April 1st at 8:00 pm
Solemn Eucharist for Maundy Thursday
Friday, April 2nd at 12:00 noon
Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
Saturday, April 3rd at 8:00 pm
The Great Vigil of Easter
Sunday, April 4th at 9:30 & 11:15 am
Solemn Eucharist for Easter Day
Sunday, April 25th at 4:00 pm
The Cathedral Choirs in Concert
Lawrence Tremsky, Director / Alistair Nelson, Organist
The combined Cathedral Choirs will present their annual concert in an
afternoon of masterpieces of sacred music, including the Missa Brevis in D by W.A. Mozart, and other favorite sacred works.
Tickets for the concert will be available at the door, and are $15 general seating, $5 high school & college students, children under 13 admitted free.
Sunday, May 2nd at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Eastertide
Thursday, May 13th at 8:00 pm
Solemn Eucharist for Ascension Day
Sunday, May 16th at 4:00 pm
Recital by Jessica French
Jessica French is a recent graduate of Yale University, where she received a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance, studying with Martin Jean. While at Yale, Jessica was Assistant Organist at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven. In 2005, she was a first prize winner in the
Indianapolis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Competition and went on to receive second place in the Regional American Guild of Organists Competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jessica is currently the Organ Scholar at Christ Church Bronxville, where she accompanies, conducts, and works with the various choirs in the program, consisting of young choristers, teenagers, and adults. Her program will include works of Max Reger, Charles Tournemire, and Olivier Messiaen.
Suggested Donation: $10 general seating, $5 seniors, students & children under 13 admitted free.
Monday, May 31st at 1:00 & 3:00 pm
Memorial Day Organ Recitals
This annual favorite will present both Cathedral organists, Larry Tremsky and Alistair Nelson, in recital, featuring a variety of organ works and concluded by a Patriotic sing-a-long by all. Admission is free to this event.
Sunday, June 6th at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong and Chorister Recognition
Cathedral Choirs Development Fund
CCDF is a non-profit association, separate from the Cathedral of the Incarnation, dedicated to supporting the work of the Choirs of the Cathedral. Funds are under the control of a Board of Directors comprised of representatives of the choir parents and the Cathedral congregation. The Fund is dedicated to ensuring the continued excellence of the Cathedral Choirs by supporting their regular operating budgets. The Fund is also committed to making possible national and international tours for the Choirs. Donations to the CCDF are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
The Cathedral Choirs Development Fund plans a wide variety of fund-raising activities for the coming season, including a Christmas Flower Sale, a Mardi Gras Dinner with live Jazz, a Restaurant Gift Certificate Raffle, and the annual Festival of Flowers. We encourage you to support our fundraising efforts on behalf of our Choirs. Please call (516) 746-2955 for more information on these events.
Friends of Music in the Cathedral
The Cathedral's music budget is unable to completely fund our musical offerings. Without the generosity of our supporters who provide us with needed additional funding for our music series, we would be unable to offer the rich and varied program that has been a part of the Cathedral of the Incarnation for many years.
We invite you to become a Friend of Music. You may give at any amount listed below. Your gift will help us continue offering quality music to Long Island in the wonderful architectural setting of the Cathedral, and will help pay for musicians fees, advertising, brochures and administrative costs. Checks should be made out to Music in the Cathedral, and all gifts are tax deductible.
Supporter - up to $49
Friends - $50-149 (includes free ticket to 1 concert)
Sponsor - $150 - $249 (includes free ticket to 2 concerts)
Patron - $250 - $499 (includes 2 free tickets to all 3 concerts)
Benefactor - $500+ (includes up to 4 free tickets to all 3 concerts)
The Cathedral of the Incarnation
50 Cathedral Avenue ● Garden City, NY 11530 ● (516)746-2955
Email: music@incarnationgc.org.
Cathedral Music Staff
Larry Tremsky, Canon Musician
Alistair Nelson, Associate Organist/Choirmaster
The Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys
The Cathedral Girls’ Choir
The Schola Cantorum |
