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Connections

Posted on November 19, 2015 by sonyasutton

This coming Sunday, as well any other I hope, demonstrates how music contributes to the rich variety of worship that is possible in a liturgical setting. When I planned the music this past summer for what I guessed would be … Continue reading →

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The Tabernacle Within

Posted on October 15, 2015 by sonyasutton

Draw your gaze inward, we were instructed in a yoga class yesterday morning. Draw your gaze inward.  Such a kind invitation. Teresa of Avila, 16th century Carmelite nun, mystic, and author is celebrated on the liturgical calendar today. Teresa’s interior … Continue reading →

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Real Dazzle

Posted on July 2, 2015 by sonyasutton

A few days ago, June 29 to be exact, the liturgical calendar celebrated the Feast Day for Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of our neighbor, Washington National Cathedral. In Sam Portaro’s brilliant book of reflections on lesser feasts and … Continue reading →

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A Song to the Lamb – from every family, language, people and nation

Posted on May 21, 2015 by sonyasutton

Does it sometimes seem that the more ways we have to communicate – email, texting, Twitter, and even actual conversation – the less we actually say?  The more confused we are about what is being said?  Too often it really … Continue reading →

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Flickers of Light

Posted on January 22, 2015 by sonyasutton

The United Nations has declared 2015 an “International Year of Light” (U.N. Year of Light). Several pieces sung during January and February by the choirs of St. Alban’s have texts that center on themes of light. Coincidence? We are now … Continue reading →

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Singing Songs of Expectation

Posted on December 4, 2014 by sonyasutton

Gather, Pause, Reflect, Listen, Await, Sing This Sunday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church A Service of Lessons and Carols for Advent Congregational hymns, choral anthems, and readings taken from The King James Bible Choral Introit:     Matins … Continue reading →

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Is That Relevant?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by sonyasutton

These are a few of my least favorite things: umbrellas, litter, slugs, and stinky cheese. And here’s a recent addition to the list – the word “relevant.” I noticed an advertisement in The Washington Post this past week for a … Continue reading →

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An Angelic Poke

Posted on October 2, 2014 by sonyasutton

As choir members from St. Alban’s gear up to host an “Evening in Paris” on Saturday (to which you are warmly invited: Evening in Paris at Bistro St. Alban’s, October 4, 7:00 p.m.)  it was a wonderful coincidence, if there … Continue reading →

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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus

Posted on May 1, 2014 by sonyasutton

I had an occasion last week to work with a large choir from a high school in Pennsylvania, listening to them sing some wonderful repertoire, tasked with making any observations and comments that might prove helpful as they prepared for … Continue reading →

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The Beatitudes

Posted on February 20, 2014 by sonyasutton

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) composed a setting of the Biblical text known as the Beatitudes in 1990, and it one of his few pieces to date with an English text.   From the Latin word for “happy” or “fortunate”, … Continue reading →

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