Thomas Matthews (1915–1999) was born in Utica, New York in 1915. By age 17 he was assisting Norman Coke-Jephcott, formerly of Coventry Cathedral, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Matthews served as organist and...
As we round the corner into the fall season (and the much-anticipated return of the full choir on September 9!) it’s time to dust off our blog and get it up and running again. So a note about the music this Sunday, which is a bit fixated on...
I don’t plan to write regularly in this space this summer, even though I have just recently started this blog. But I have been thinking so much about the role of our music in our services at St. Peter’s in light of this past...
It's probably no secret to anyone that one of my very favorite composers is Herbert Howells (1892–1983). And this Sunday, there's an opportunity to play Howells that's just too good to pass up. The Psalm we'll be reading this Sunday is...
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," or so goes the oft-repeated aphorism. And if music generally is tricky to write about, church music can be even more so. And couple that with the tremendously mysterious feast day which we...
