Solemn Vespers & Awards Ceremony – Guild of Church Musicians (Australia) Annual Festival Service (9 November)

Event Details

Guild of Church Musicians (Australia) Annual Festival Service

Solemn Vespers & Awards Ceremony

Sunday 9 November, 4.00pm
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta

Join the Guild of Church Musicians (Australia) for its annual festival service of Solemn Vespers and Awards Ceremony — an afternoon of worship, sacred music, and recognition of those who have contributed to the life of Church music.

Awards Recipients

• Dr Allan Beavis HonFGCM
• Bernard Kirkpatrick KSS, HonFGCM

Music

Performed by the St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir
Director of Music: Bernard Kirkpatrick KSS
Assistant Director of Music: Eric Grella
Assistant Organists: Patrick Newman, Michael Taylor
Organ Scholars: Dominic Hart, Cynthia Bui

Music for Vespers includes:

• Christ is our cornerstone (T: Harewood)
• Psalms: Gregorian Psalm Tone 1g; Tone 4g
• Revelations – Canticle of the Lamb (B. Kirkpatrick)
• Locus iste (P. Stopford)
• Magnificat Primi Toni (G. P. da Palestrina)

At the conclusion of the Awards Ceremony:

• Hymn: O praise ye the Lord (T: Laudate Dominum)
• Organ Voluntary: Cortège Académique (E. Macmillan) – played by Dominic Hart

All are warmly welcome to attend.

Watch via the livestream: Guild of Church Musicians (Australia) – Annual Festival Service – St. Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta – YouTube