Church employees, ironically, are notorious for not taking a weekly sabbath day. For better or worse, I am no exception in honoring the Fifth Commandment. But I learned in my former post that not only do I need sabbath,
What a wonderful time this has been! While I have been at Christ Church Cranbrook for only three months as Visiting Director of Music, the people here have made a lasting impression on me. In forty years of full-time
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music and Organist
Kate Bublitz has been the Director of the St. Francis Choir since 2012, after serving as a Staff Singer in the Christ Church Choir. She brought an entire career’s worth of music
Celebrating Female Composers:
A recording project with the Christ Church Choir
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music and Organist
The culmination of several years of rehearsals, preparation, practice, and study, is a three-day series of recording sessions in the church (June 13-15).
By Christopher Wells, Joe Balistreri, and Christa Albrecht
We celebrated the wonderful new organ in St. Dunstan’s last week and weekend. We give thanks to Simon Couture, Alain Goneau, Jens Peterson, and the entire crew at Casavant for their craftsmanship and
By Kisma Jordan, Program Manager of The Cranbrook Project
In the last years of Duke Ellington’s life, he wrote three tremendous works that combined jazz, classical music, choral music, spirituals, gospel, blues, and dance. He called them his “sacred concerts”
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music & Organist
The Music Program has spent the summer charting a path forward to continue a robust ministry during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are pleased to announce that all ensembles will be
By Nathan Costa, Assistant Director of Music & Liturgist
At its annual end-of-year music celebration Wednesday, June 3 the Music Department established the St. Cecilia Award, named after the patron saint of musicians, to be given to a
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music & Organist
Have you seen these split-pane videos showing up in your social media? Maybe you’ve seen CCC’s own Virtual Recordings on YouTube, or maybe you saw
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music & Organist
View all the photos from the trip to Québec here
After nearly a decade of discussion and two years of intense planning, on Tuesday this week the