Concert Series 2012 - 2013

Music & the Arts at Epiphany
is made possible this year in part by gifts donated in memory of Bob Kirkhuff, and by individual contributions made to Music & the Arts at Church of the Epiphany.

Sunday, September 16 • 6:00 p.m.
Evensong: Feast of Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard Ensemble

Sunday, November 4 • 6:00 p.m.
Evensong: All Saints
Epiphany Choir
Recital: Ritornello
Since its debut in 2000, Ritornello Baroque Ensemble has explored the chamber repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, often collaborating with guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Ritornello has appeared on the concert series of Emory University, Agnes Scott College, the Cathedral of St. Philip, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, and the Atlanta Early Music Alliance. Individual members of Ritornello have also performed with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, New Trinity Baroque, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, November 30 • 7:30 p.m.
Concert: Festival Singers
The Festival Singers of Atlanta, directed by Jane Burke, is an ensemble of 20 singers specializing in Renaissance, Baroque and 20th- 21st Century a cappella works. The group, founded in 1982, has performed several times at Piccolo Spoleto and performs regularly at Epiphany and other locations in Atlanta.

Sunday, December 9 • 6:00 p.m.
Advent Lessons and Carols
All Epiphany Choirs

Monday, December 24
Christmas Eve
3:00 p.m. Junior Choir/Beginning Choristers
5:00 p.m. Hildegard Ensemble
11:00 p.m. Epiphany Choir - “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” (R. V. Williams)

Sunday, February 10 • 3:00 p.m.
Concert: Harmony-Atlanta International
Youth Chorus
(with the Epiphany Junior Choir)
Harmony International Youth Chorus offers
75 youths, ages 6 to 18, from diverse racial, cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to develop teamwork, tolerance, and mutual respect as they strive for musical excellence. Believing that music is a barrier-breaker and a powerful medium of self-expression, Harmony sings messages of peace, justice, hope, reconciliation and unity in 35 languages.

Ash Wednesday: Epiphany Choir
Sunday, March 3 • 3:00 p.m.
Concert: Georgia Tech Chamber Choir -
“Chichester Psalms” (Leonard Bernstein)
Founded in 1998, the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir has established itself as one of the premiere college vocal ensembles in the southeast. Singers are selected through audition each semester, and literature includes large and small works in the standard repertoire (both unaccompanied and with instruments) including modern music, world music, and experimental music with extended technique.

Wednesday, February 13 • 12/7 p.m.
Festival Singers Harmony
Georgia Tech Chamber Choir

Holy Week
Wednesday, March 27 • 7:00 p.m.
Tenebrae: Epiphany Choir
Thursday, March 28 • 7:00 p.m.
Maundy Thursday
Friday, March 29 • 12:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday: Epiphany Choir
Sunday, March 31 • 6:00 a.m.
Easter Vigil: Epiphany Choir
Sunday, March 31 • 8:45 & 11:15 a.m.
Easter: Epiphany Choir

Sunday, April 14 • 4:00 p.m.
Concert: KnightSong
KnightSong is a small a cappella vocal group that specializes in classical Renaissance madrigals but also performs music throughout the ages. The group, founded in 1989, performs year-round for public and private events, and has performed at the Georgia Shakespeare Festival and at the “Christmas Candlelight Nights” at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.