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Music Ministry
Introducing
Covenant's
Director of Music & Organist, Mary Mozelle
On August 6, 2009, the Rev. Daniel Hagmaier, the
Search Committee, and the Session members of Covenant
announced the appointment of Mary Mozelle to the position of
Director of Music and Organist. We are delighted to
welcome Mary!
More on Mary Mozelle
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Handbell Choir
If you're interested in playing the handbells, please leave
your name and phone number in the church office (334-8937)).
Jubilate
Ringers is an auditioned handbell choir for adults. Performing
on a
five-octave set of Malmark bells, this outstanding ensemble
plays for worship
once each month and performs at the annual Christmas and Spring
Concerts.
The Jubilate Ringers have often played for the Holiday House at the Edison Home and have
performed with the Southwest Florida Symphony.
Rehearsals: Wednesdays
6:30-8:30 p.m.
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The Chancel Choir Invites You to Join Them!
We extend an
invitation to all singers, including our teens, to join the
choir!
We
promise great fellowship and fun singing! If you have questions, please leave
your name and phone number in the church office (334-8937).
The Chancel Choir provides most of the worship music for
Covenant,
performing a variety of musical styles from classical, traditional,
spirituals, and contemporary. A strong emphasis is placed on
being a
worshipping community and fellowshipping through prayer as
well as through
music.
Rehearsals:
Fall/Winter/Spring
Thursdays
6:50-8:15 p.m.
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The Concert Choir
The
Concert Choir is comprised mostly of members of the Chancel
Choir but is
also available to members of our community. It performs several times throughout
the choir
year as part of the Covenant Concert Series, usually accompanied
by full orchestra. Highlights of the concert season include the annual
Christmas and
Spring Concerts. Works of recent years include: Messiah by Handel;
Requiems
by Rutter, Brahms, and Durufle; Te Deum by Haydn and
Ralph Vaughn Williams;
and Gloria by Rutter.
Rehearsals: Thursdays
8:20-9:30 p.m. during the concert
season and one
designated Saturday each month from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
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The Children's Choir
We
are so blessed to have Dorothy Graham
to lead Covenant's newly formed children's choir, the "Exaltation Singers." At various services and events throughout the year, our
new children's choir will help lead the
congregation in worshipping God. This choir is open
to children in second through fifth grades. It's a
great opportunity for children to serve and to grow
in musicianship at the same time! Details are
below. For more information, please contact Dorothy
Graham at 239-332-8963 or by email at
grahamprs@aol.com.
Rehearsals for the Children's
Choir
(2nd–5th Grades): Sundays, 11:00–11:30 a.m.,
in the Chapel (upstairs)
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Celebrating Our 30th Season!
Concert
Series
2010-2011
Coming Next Season to
Covenant’s Concert Series!
November 12, 2010 • 7:30 p.m.
Thomas Pandolfi, Pianist
All-Gershwin Program
December 10,
2010 • 7:30 p.m.
Christmas Concert
Featuring
Handel’s Messiah, Part I
Concert Choir, Orchestra, Jubilate Ringers
Mary Mozelle, Conductor
January 30,
2011 • 4:00 p.m.
Spirit of the Gulf –
Sweet Adelines
For the
very first time at Covenant!
February 11,
2011 • 7:30 p.m.
Voices in Bronze – Christine
Anderson
Solo Handbell Ringer
March 18,
2011 • 7:30 p.m.
Spring
Concert
Featuring
the Faure Requiem
Concert Choir, Orchestra, Jubilate Ringers
Mary Mozelle, Conductor
April,
2011 (Date & Time TBD)
Winner of the
Westminster Choir College
Scholarship
All concerts, which are held in Covenant's sanctuary,
are presented free to the community.
Become a Friend of the Concert Series
Covenant is indebted to the Friends of the Concert
Series
whose outstanding financial support makes these
performances possible.
We invite you to support this long-running series, which has
enriched our community for 30 years. Gifts of any size are
appreciated. Thank you for your support!
More
on the Friends of the Concert Series (Below)
Concert Recaps
From Last Season
The Final Performance of Our
2009-2010 Concert Series!
Friday, April 9, 2010
An Outstanding Young Musician Was Featured
in the Annual Westminster Choir College Scholarship Concert!
 Rebecca Leshures, a native of Alberta, Canada, will complete her undergraduate degree in piano in May of 2010 at Westminster Choir College. She has been the first-place winner of all four annual piano competitions held at Westminster. Rebecca performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto at the MTNA Conference in Toronto and Schumann’s Concerto in A Minor with the Princeton Community Orchestra. Thank you for joining us in supporting this young artist as she begins her career!
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March 19 • 7:30
Spring Concert
Concert Choir & Jubilate Ringers
Mary Mozelle, Conductor
 We
appreciated the wonderful attendance for the annual Eastertime concert!
This year's repertoire featured the Schubert Mass in G and Gawthrop’s
Sing Me to Heaven and the Aria in
Classic Style by Grandjany for harp
(performed by Elizabeth Lilly) and organ
(performed by Mary Mozelle). We also presented wonderful new Festival pieces
performed by our outstanding Jubilate Ringers!
Soloists for the Schubert Mass in G included
Dorothy Graham, Ken Baker, and Josef Lemmen.
The grand finale featured a lively Caribbean
tune (the audience joined the singing, and some
of the choir members donned festive Caribbean
hats)!
Thank you to all the
performers, including the guest instrumentalists
from the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra.
February 26 • 7:30
Vegas, Soul, Rock
‘n’ Roll
Ron Gartner,
Vocalist
Ron Gartner's high-energy songfest
took our audience from the finger-snappin’ sounds
of the Rat Pack, Bobby Darin, and Tony Bennett
to the great ballads sung by Perry Como to the Rock-‘n’-Rollin’ sounds of
Bandstand and Motown! With the entertaining
audience participation, there was something for
everyone in this fantastic Vegas-style show!
February 12 • 7:30
ETA3
Emily Thomas,
Flutist
Tomoko Nakayama,
Pianist
Alexey Gorokholinsky, Clarinetist
 Named after a luminous and
spectacular star-forming nebula in our galaxy,
ETA3 is a classical trio comprising American
flutist Emily Thomas, Japanese pianist Tomoka
Nakayama, and Russian clarinetist Alexey
Gorokholinsky. (ETA initializes the first letter
of each musician’s first name.) The trio was formed at The Juilliard School
in the spring of 2006.
This fabulous concert featured a romantic program
to initiate our Valentine’s Day weekend,
including Prelude to “The Afternoon of a
Faun,” Romanian Folk Dances, and the Theme
from “Schindler’s List.”
WoodWorks
Todd Betz
Bob Lunergan
Tom Suta
Michael Launius
Thanks to WoodWorks
for
their wonderful performance on November 20!
WoodWorks is an ensemble of classically trained
percussionists. Originally specializing in folk music
written for the marimba, they expanded their repertoire
to include contemporary arrangements ranging from Jazz to
Sousa marches. Classical selections and Latin rhythms were
also featured.
Deborah Ann Polkinghorn,
guest
soloist, appeared
with WoodWorks!
WoodWorks was formed nearly eight
years ago as a summer project and has become a year-round ensemble,
presenting concerts and music clinics along the West Coast
of Florida.
 Opening
Concert Featured
Mary Mozelle, Organist
Our 29th Concert Season opened on October 25 with a special
Organ Concert to welcome our new Director of Music/Organist,
Mary Mozelle. The program featured exciting works for
the organ, elegantly interpreted by Mary on our beautiful
Rodgers four-manual organ. From the exciting Virgil Fox
arrangement of Bach’s
Now
Thank We All Our God
to the closing
Toccata from the
Fifth Symphony by Charles Marie Widor, the program inspired and delighted the audience. Mary Mozelle is a
distinguished concert organist and recording artist. As a
solo recitalist, she has appeared throughout the United
States and in the
cathedrals of Great Britain. She has served as organist or
organist/choirmaster in several noted churches throughout
the United States, including The National Presbyterian Church in Washington,
DC.
More on Mary Mozelle
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Covenant’s Concert Series
Committee has arranged another exciting
season for the Covenant family and the Ft. Myers community!
If you would like to be added to the concert mailing list,
please
email us or phone
the church office at 239-334-8937.
Our special thanks to the
Concert Series Committee
for organizing the Concert Series!
Letter from Our Pastor
September 2009
Dear Friends,
Covenant Presbyterian Church is very proud to
continue its tradition of bringing some of the
finest musical performances to the Fort Myers
community. This year we have a wonderful Concert
Series that I know you are going to enjoy!
We open our Concert Series showcasing our new
Director of Music/Organist, Mary Mozelle, a
world-class organist who has played with
Conductors Robert Shaw and Leonard Slatkin. We
continue with the incredible WoodWorks followed
by our own Christmas Concert with our fabulous
Concert Choir singing Vivaldi’s Gloria.
We kick off the New Year with ETA3, a classical
trio started in 2006 at the Juilliard School of
Music. This will be followed by a Vegas-style
show as we hear the great Sinatra-era classics
sung. In the spring, our Concert Choir will lead
us into the season of Lent with Schubert’s
Mass in G. To conclude our Series, we will
present an incredible pianist from the
Westminster Choir College.
I extend my personal thanks to the Concert
Committee, participating artists, members of the
Covenant Concert Choir and Jubilate Ringers, and
our Director of Music, Mary Mozelle, who share
their love of music with us all.
Welcome to our 29th
Concert Series!
In His
service,
Rev. Daniel L. Hagmaier
Senior Pastor
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Recap of the Previous Season!
2009-2010 Concert Series Schedule |
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October 25 • 4:00
Opening Concert
Mary Mozelle
Covenant's Director of Music Performing on the Organ
November 20
• 8:00
WoodWorks
Todd Betz
Bob Lunergan
Tom Suta
Michael Launius December 11 • 7:30
Christmas Concert
Conductor Mary Mozelle
Covenant Concert Choir
Jubilate Ringers
Oboist, Trumpeter, and String Quintet from the
Southwest Florida Symphony, Including Reiko Niiya on Violin
See Last
Season's Brochure
for Details
of the
2009-2010 Concert Series
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February 12 • 7:30
ETA3
Emily Thomas,
Flutist
Tomoko Nakayama,
Pianist
Alexey Gorokholinsky, Clarinetist
February 26 • 7:30
Vegas, Soul, Rock 'n' Roll
Ron Gartner
March 19 • 7:30
Spring Concert
Conductor Mary Mozelle
Covenant Concert Choir
Jubilate Ringers
Orchestra
April 9 • 7:30
WCC Scholarship Concert
Rebecca Leshures,
Pianist |
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 All concerts
are presented
FREE
to the community.
The concerts will be held
in
the sanctuary
of Covenant
Presbyterian Church.
Directions |
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You are invited to
become a
Friend of the Concert Series.
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If you
enjoy receiving the benefits of the smaller-scale classical
niche that this series offers, please help us continue to edify and enrich our community
while pursuing “excellence in all things and all things to
God’s glory!”
All concerts are open to the community at no charge.
Offerings are gratefully received, since the concerts
are not fully funded by Covenant's operating budget. Covenant
is indebted to the Friends of the Concert Series
whose outstanding financial support makes these
performances possible. You can become
a Friend of the Concert Series at any level:
Archangels ($1000 and up) • Angels
($500-999) • Composers ($250-499)
Conductors ($100-249) • Singers ($50-99) • Instrumentalists (up
to $49)
NAME (Your name will be printed in
the concert program):
___________________________________________________________
OPTIONAL NAME (Please circle one:
in honor of
or
in memory of):
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ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________
CITY/STATE/ZIP: ___________________________________________________________
EMAIL (Optional):
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Please make your check payable to Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Unless requested otherwise, we will include your name(s),
with our thanks, in the programs.
I/we would like to support the Concert
Series of Covenant Presbyterian Church and be considered among
the Friends of the Concert Series by making a tax-deductible
donation in the amount of $__________________.
Please print this form and
mail it, along with your check, to
Covenant Presbyterian Church Concert Series
2439 McGregor Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33901
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Covenant's New
Children's Choir!
We
are so blessed to have Dorothy Graham
to lead
Covenant's
newly formed children's choir, the "Exaltation Singers." At various services and events throughout the year, our
new children's choir will help to lead the
congregation in worshipping God. This choir is open
to children in second through fifth grades. It's a
great opportunity for children to serve and to grow
in musicianship at the same time! Details are
below. For more information, please contact Dorothy
Graham at 239-332-8963 or by email at
grahamprs@aol.com.
EXALTATION SINGERS
All
Elementary-School Ages
Rehearsal Time
Sundays • 11:00–11:30 a.m.
Rehearsal Room
Chapel
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Nearly $5,000 has been contributed to the new
Richard & Sonia Wagner Music Fund
in
honor of the Wagners' long-standing
service to Covenant's
music program!
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