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. 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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All Saints’ Requiem Concert. Performed on All Saints' Day every
other year. The previous concert was Friday, November 1, 2024,
featuring Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, including soloists and orchestra;
the full performance can be found on the Christ Church Music
YouTube Channel @christchurchmusic. The next concert is
scheduled for November 2026.
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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.
Save the next date: Sunday, December 7, 2025 @ 7:00 pm.
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Organ Recital Series is a new music offering at Christ Church. The year 2024 included the organ dedication recital with Nathaniel Gumbs as well as a Valentine's Day recital given by the Director of Music. The year 2025 will welcome Karen McFarlane artists James O'Donnell on Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 4:00 pm and David Baskeyfield in March 2026.
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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). The year 2025 featured organ works by J.S. Bach on the new Taylor & Boody Opus 85.
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Choral Evensong is a service is sung two or three times per year. For the 2025/2-26 season, Evensong is scheduled for Sunday, November 2, 2025 @ 7:00 pm and Sunday, February 15, 2026 @ 7:00 pm.
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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. Last year's Passiontide was held on Good Friday, April 18, 2025, in the nave and featured a Passion setting written by the Director of Music at Christ Church.
Taizé services, short meditative sung services, are held on fifth Sundays in the Chapel.