The Calvary Choir
The Calvary Choir is a community of auditioned volunteers and paid professionals who are committed to a weekly routine of prayer, music-making, and fellowship. We welcome adults and high school singers to sing one service per week on Sunday's at 10:00 am, and mid-week rehearsals on Wednesday's 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm during the program year (September through May). The choir sings a breadth of repertoire from plainchant to Tudor/Renaissance polyphony to the best of modern, Anglican composers.
A bright example of what is possible through hard work and resonate relationships, the Calvary Choirs role is to perfect our praises by making music to the glory of God through the Anglican Choral tradition. The beautiful campus at Calvary is an oasis which welcomes and supports all persons into relationship with God and one another.
New members are always welcome. Requirements to join the choir are a strong commitment to the choir schedule, a good ear with basic knowledge of music, a team player, and a desire to make music to the highest standard. Singers in the choir with any or no religious affiliation are warmly invited into our community.
Calvary Choristers
The chorister program at Calvary is open to boys ages 8 through voice change and girls ages 8-12. During our weekly rehearsals, the choristers learn basic musicianship skills, ear training, how to function as a team, and liturgical practices through Episcopal formation. Choristers sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month with the teens and adults in the Parish choir. Our young singers can expect to receive exceptional musical training which will build character, community, and commitment. Parental involvement and initiative is critical to the success of our chorister program. New choristers are invited to join at the beginning of each program year (September through May) or midway through the year in January. Choristers and their parents with any or no religious affiliation are warmly invited into our community.
St. Dunstan's Handbell Choir
Calvary's handbell choir is a dedicated group of ringers playing on 3 octaves of Malmark Handbells and Handchimes. Open to all ages from late teens upward, basic music-reading skills are essential. St Dunstan’s is a great way for ‘non-singers’ to participate in the music program of Calvary and to further develop basic musicianship skills and be in community with one another.
For any inquires on the choirs and choristers of Calvary, please contact the Director of Music, Mr Joseph O'Berry on joseph@calvarysummit.org.
The Organ
Calvary Organ
When Calvary began worship in its third building, it was deemed important to have a pipe organ in place to lead the music. This instrument was rebuilt in 1949. At some point a large, presumably used, console replaced the original one. By the late 1950s, the organ had again fallen into serious disrepair, with whole divisions becoming unplayable. In 1962, a new organ by the M.P. Moeller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland was installed. Again, by the late 1990s the console mechanics began to fail and was in need of replacement. The vestry approved the purchase of a new console, built by Robert M. Turner Organ Builders. It was installed during the summer of 2003, along with several digital stop additions by the Walker Organ Company.
