On Saturday, January 21, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral will hold its Twenty-Sixth Annual Diocesan Choir Festival. The guest conductor of the Festival Choir will be Robert Simpson, FAGO/ChM, Canon for Music, Christ Church Cathedral and Conductor of the Houston Chamber Choir. According to Trinity's announcement, everyone who loves to sing great church music is invited to sing in the Festival Choir. There are morning and afternoon rehearsals the day of the festival, and the event culminates in a late-afternoon Evensong service at the Cathedral. The repertoire is (1) "Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F" by Peter Aston, (3) "Pilgrim's Hymn" by Stephen Paulus, and (3) "Hide Me Under the Shadow of Thy Wings" by John E. West (ed. by David Link).
Participants must order their own music from Nashville, and are requested to bring their own choir robes and a choir folder. The registration fee is $20 (which includes lunch), and registration must be received at the Cathedral Music Office by January 18. Full details (with contact information) are in the PDF document at this link.
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