Adult Choir
The Choir sings for the 10:30 service on Sundays and Festival Services throughout the church year. It consists of volunteers who share a love of sacred music. They appreciate the responsibility of supporting the congregation through singing which enhances the Liturgy of the Word. Members of the choir enjoy the meaningful friendships that are forged through singing. Their repertoire ranges from traditional anthems to spirituals and more contemporary arrangements.
The choir rehearses on Thursdays from 5:30 - 7 PM and Sundays at 9:30 AM to prepare for the 10:30 morning service.
If you like to sing and enjoy the camaraderie that comes with making beautiful music together, Contact Erick Brunner, Director of Music, at the church: 575-758-2790 ext. 107.
The Choir sings for the 10:30 service on Sundays and Festival Services throughout the church year. It consists of volunteers who share a love of sacred music. They appreciate the responsibility of supporting the congregation through singing which enhances the Liturgy of the Word. Members of the choir enjoy the meaningful friendships that are forged through singing. Their repertoire ranges from traditional anthems to spirituals and more contemporary arrangements.
The choir rehearses on Thursdays from 5:30 - 7 PM and Sundays at 9:30 AM to prepare for the 10:30 morning service.
If you like to sing and enjoy the camaraderie that comes with making beautiful music together, Contact Erick Brunner, Director of Music, at the church: 575-758-2790 ext. 107.
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Assistant Organist
Mary Gates has served as an organist and choir accompanist in churches and other venues throughout the United States and Italy. She began her organ studies at age 15 with the Rev. Cyril Russell and continued with Robert Wolf
at Carthage College, Gerhard Krapf at the University of Iowa, and Dr. John Obetz at the Auditorium in Independence, Missouri, where she was a recitalist for several years.
Mary enjoys being a participant in the music program at St. James.
Music Events
The St. James sanctuary is designed to acoustically accommodate numerous types of events. Both community choral and instrumental events are hosted by the church. Many events are free and open to the public while others are ticketed to provide support for the professional participating groups. Check the church calendar to see what's coming up next.
Evensong, a choral worship service, evolved from the daily services held in the medieval Church. This glorious and meaningful service has been sung regularly in the Church since the 16th century. St. James offers Evensong approximately every 4th month.
Other events includeTaos Opera Institute concerts, Taos Community Chorus concerts and Organ and Piano Recitals.
The St. James sanctuary is designed to acoustically accommodate numerous types of events. Both community choral and instrumental events are hosted by the church. Many events are free and open to the public while others are ticketed to provide support for the professional participating groups. Check the church calendar to see what's coming up next.
Evensong, a choral worship service, evolved from the daily services held in the medieval Church. This glorious and meaningful service has been sung regularly in the Church since the 16th century. St. James offers Evensong approximately every 4th month.
Other events includeTaos Opera Institute concerts, Taos Community Chorus concerts and Organ and Piano Recitals.
The Organ
In 1982, a 1904 Henry Pilcher & Sons pipe organ was dismantled at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stony Ridge, Ohio and donated to St. James. More than 20,000 disassembled pieces were lovingly reassembled by parishioners. In 1998, a rebuilt organ was installed by the Roy Redman Organ Company of Fort Worth, Texas, utilizing pipes from the Pilcher organ with a key desk, pedal board, and tracker chassis from a Lyon & Healy organ built in 1901 and originally installed in the First Baptist Church of Bryan, Texas.
There are two keyboards (a great and a swell) of 61 keys each and a pedal board of 30 keys. The organ has 12 independent ranks of pipes and 3 ranks completed by extension from another rank. The instrument is also equipped with 3 couplers, which enable stops from one division (swell, great, or pedal) to be played from another division.
In 1982, a 1904 Henry Pilcher & Sons pipe organ was dismantled at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stony Ridge, Ohio and donated to St. James. More than 20,000 disassembled pieces were lovingly reassembled by parishioners. In 1998, a rebuilt organ was installed by the Roy Redman Organ Company of Fort Worth, Texas, utilizing pipes from the Pilcher organ with a key desk, pedal board, and tracker chassis from a Lyon & Healy organ built in 1901 and originally installed in the First Baptist Church of Bryan, Texas.
There are two keyboards (a great and a swell) of 61 keys each and a pedal board of 30 keys. The organ has 12 independent ranks of pipes and 3 ranks completed by extension from another rank. The instrument is also equipped with 3 couplers, which enable stops from one division (swell, great, or pedal) to be played from another division.