Traditional Music and the Adult Choirs at Knox
Cincinnati Magazine has cited the Knox Music Program as the “Best Church Music” in Cincinnati.
Knox supports five choirs for all ages – Knox Choir (Adult), Youth Choir (grades 7-12), Covenant Choir (grades 4-6), Carol Choir (grades 1-3), and Handbell Choir. Knox maintains splendid musical instruments to include a recently renovated and expanded 50-rank Holtkamp pipe organ, a concert grand Steinway piano, a Flemish harpsichord, and a five-octave set of Schulmerich handbells. Through the gift of a generous Knox donor, Knox will receive and dedicate in fall 2010 a newly constructed continuo pipe organ by Juget-Sinclair of Quebec, Canada. Through its vocal and instrumental resources Knox produces music for all Sunday, seasonal, and special worship services, Christmas pageants, children’s musicals, and community outreach programs on the Knox Music Series.
Knox Choir (Adult), Earl Rivers, Director
Knox Choir is a volunteer chorus of 60 voices with professional soloists/section leaders. Knox Choir sings at the 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning traditional worship services and special services September through June, presents choral/orchestral masterworks with orchestra on the Knox Music Series, and rehearses on Thursday evenings 7:30-9:30 p.m. and at an annual fall retreat. Knox Choir has sung at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and recorded with the Cincinnati Pop’s Orchestra. Email Earl Rivers, Director of Music or call (513) 556-9419 (office) for information on joining the Knox Choir.
Special music in 2009-10 in Sunday worship and on the
Knox Music Series includes:
Sunday, October 4, 11:00 a.m. worship/World Communion
J.S. Bach Missa Brevis in G Minor BWV 235
Learn more online about the Missa Brevis
Sunday, November 1, 11:00 a.m. worship/All Saints’ Day
John Rutter Requiem
Learn more online about the Requiem
Sunday, December 20, 3:00 p.m.
Vivaldi Magnificat
Charpentier Messe de minuit
Finzi In terra pax
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Good Friday evening, April 2, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
J.S. Bach St. John Passion
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Some members of the Knox Choir will join Earl Rivers in New York City in spring 2010
Carnegie Hall – New York City
Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
Knox Handbell Choir, Brandon Dean, Director
Knox Handbell Choir rings a five-octave set of Schulmerich bells monthly at the 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning traditional worship services October through May and rehearses Thursday evenings 6:00-7:00 p.m. Contact Brandon Dean, director, for information on joining the Knox Handbell Choir.
