Home Calendar Contacts |  Bio  |  Church Ministry  |  Recordings  |  Organ  |  Bagpipes  |  Teaching  |  Bach  | The Chancel Choir Interpreting a wide variety of choral literature, the Chancel Choir is an adult choir of volunteers that leads the 11am service of worship at The Presbyterian Church. Interpreting choice examples of the choral art from medieval chants to more contemporary fare, the Chancel Choir is an essential presence in the life of the church. During each season, the Chancel Choir sings hundreds of anthems and responses as well as more extended works. Recent examples include John Tavener's Funeral Ikos, Settings of Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress) spanning five centuries and accompanied by period instruments, Giovanni Pergolesi's Magnificat, a liturgical performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Mass in D minor, and Franz Josef Haydn's Little Organ Mass. The Chamber Singers Members for this choir are invited from the ranks of the Chancel Choir. The Chamber Singers is a choir of approximately sixteen voices that specializes in rarely examined choral repertoire from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as well as selected examples from the twentieth century. In the past the group has performed works by such disparate composers as Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Johann Heinichen, Hugo Distler and Lloyd Pfautsch as well as occasional forays into the music of early America. During the Lenten season of 2003, the Chamber Singers offered Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata #106 in a service of worship. Cantate Omnes Loosely translated as "Sing, everyone!", Cantate Omnes is an inter-generational choir of adults and high school students that often leads the Sunday worship service at 9:15am. It is a choir that anyone can join! No prior experience or ability to read music is required. Cantate Omnes sings unison and two-part music that is usually written by contemporary composers. Works from the Taize liturgy and the Iona Wild Goose repertoire figure prominently in the choir's endeavors. The addition of instrumentalists from within the congregation is a frequent component of the choir's performances. There is no weekly rehearsal and the choir begins at 8:15am on scheduled Sundays to prepare that day's offerings. Cantate Omnes also leads the music for the Easter Vigil service each year. The Chancel Ringers The Chancel Ringers is a choir of adults selected from the music ministry of the church who have had prior experience in ringing handbells. They ring the entire six octave set of Schulmerich handbells and regularly lend their expertise to the worship life of the church. Many of the members are former Ringers-on-the-Green, the high school-age touring choir of The Presbyterian Church. This ensemble of dedicated musicians has appeared in performances throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Men's Chorus The Men's Chorus interprets the TTBB repertoire of all periods with an emphasis on new arrangements. The group was honored to sing at the 2009 Morristown Martin Luther King Breakfast, as well as the Presbyterian Church's 275th anniversary concert. The Men's Chorus participates regularly in worship and has sung in events throughout the Morris County area. The choir is known for its enthusiastic style of performance and charm. The Recorder Consort The dulcet sounds of one of music's oldest instruments emanate from this group. The Recorder Consort interprets a wide variety of Medieval and Renaissance repertoire on SATB instruments. The Recorder Consort has peformed at the Schuyler/Hamilton House in Morristown and is a regular favorite at the church picnic, Celtic Christmas and Burns Night celebrations. The Recorder Consort has, in addition, performed with other ensembles within the church and has enriched countless liturgies, most notably the Ash Wednesday evening service. The Ringers-on-the-Green The Ringers-on-the-Green is a choir of high school students representing the music ministry of The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. They ring six octaves of precision-tuned handbells manufactured by the Schulmerich Bell Company, Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Over the thirty-year history of the choir, the Ringers-on-the-Green have performed in thirty-eight states, three Canadian provinces, Bermuda (including three tours) and Europe. The Ringers-on-the-Green concertize for numerous New Jersey-based civic and religious organizations, and are an integral part of the worship life of The Presbyterian Church in Morristown. The Ringers-on-the-Green have released two compact discs, A Carillon of Praise and "On This Day Earth Shall Ring".