CONCERTS & SPECIAL MUSIC EVENTS
Concerts at other Music Events at Christ Church
Christ Church offers music events that include special services for the church year as well as concerts and an ongoing concert series during Artwalk. The next event, Crossing the Alps, is a collaborative early music concert with visiting artists from Japan and New York City. A complete list of upcoming Music Events can be found on the Christ Church "Music" page.
Special Events: Organ Dedication Concert with Nathaniel Gumbs. In 2024, Christ Episcopal Church welcomed its new Taylor & Boody Opus 85 to New Bern, North Carolina! We celebrated with two Organ Dedication Events in September: a Dedicatory Eucharist Service and a Dedication Concert featuring concert organist Nathaniel Gumbs.
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Artwalk Music Series is a new music series at Christ Church that begins in October 2024 and will continue through Spring 2025. Centering this season around the new pipe organ, the first Artwalk (Friday, October 11th) is Silent Movie with organ improvisation accompaniment to the German expressionist film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Spooky organ music begins at 6:00 pm, followed by the film screening at 6:30 pm (approx. 60 min). A Christmas Carol Sing-along was held on Friday, December 13, 2024, and the new Organ Recital Series kick off is Friday, February 14, 2025, at 7:00 pm, Valentine's Day.
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All Saints’ Day Requiem Concert. Performed each year on All Saints' Day, this year's concert was Friday, November 1, 2024, at 7:00 pm featuring Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, including soloists and orchestra.
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Advent Lessons & Carols is sung each year and features choirs and instrumentalists from Christ Church. The 2024 service featured choral music accompanied by the new pipe organ with string quartet and was held on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 7:00 pm.
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Bach Music Meditation Series takes place on Wednesdays during Lent from 12:00-12:30 pm in the nave. Last year (2024) featured the complete 24 preludes & fugues from Book One of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Each week, four preludes & fugues were performed in the order in which they are found in Book One: the first week starting with C major and the last week ending with B minor (Holy Week). This year (2025) music written for organ will be featured on the new Taylor & Boody Opus 85.
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Choral Evensong is a service is sung two or three times per year. This beautiful evening service is sometimes preceded by a short recital. The February 2024 Evensong included the Herbert Howells Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G minor as well as Preces & Responses by a local composer. This year, Schola Cantorum will sing the first Evensong on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 5:00 pm in the nave.
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Music at Passiontide is a time of music and meditation on the evening of Good Friday. Christ Church Choirs and instrumentalists present either a Passion performance or an offering of Passion-themed music and poetry. In 2024, the choir presented J.S. Bach's Crucifixus from the B minor mass, a movement from Zelenka's Miserere, and other early music choral works, accompanied by string quartet. ​This year's Passiontide will be held on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 7:00 pm in the nave and will feature a Passion setting written by the Director of Music at Christ Church.
Taizé services, short meditative sung services, are held each fifth Sunday in the Chapel.