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
A New Pipe Organ is coming to St. Dunstan’s Chapel
By Christopher Wells, Director of Music & Organist
We are pleased to announce that a new pipe organ for St. Dunstan’s Chapel has been commissioned
Ringing collectively to create music
by Donna Hughes, Handbell Director
Christ Church Cranbrook has enjoyed a summer season of carillon music and concerts on the lawn and will be preparing to bring the sound of bells indoors
By Jenny King
Carillons as we know them — tuned sets of bells played manually on a keyboard — were first developed in The Netherlands in the mid-17th century. Status symbols for northern European cities, their popularity as public instruments
Christopher Wells
Today is the last Sunday after Epiphany. We will hear the story (this year from St. Mark) of Jesus ascending a mountain with Peter, James and John where he will