From the Choir Director I’m excited to welcome back to the summer staff, Olivia Sorensen! Last year, Olivia really proved her worth at our outdoor services and this time, a recent college grad, she’s back at Edwards and ready to manage our worship technology both outside and inside. And I particularly would like […]
The Edwards Church Music Program
Our worship service is enhanced by the creativity and talent of many musicians.
We are grateful for the beautiful organ music offered by Cheryl Elkins one Sunday a month, and by Susan Minor’s gifts on our grand piano!
The choir, directed by Rick Seaholm, strengthens the congregation’s voice and offers a special anthem every week. Several special Music Sundays, including Christmas and Easter, feature an expanded choir. Any season is a good time to join the choir.
Periodically, we are blessed with a jazz quartet, solo guitar, bluegrass band or a string ensemble.
Our Music Committee's 2017 annual report is available as well as that of our Commissioned Minister of Music, and you will find our latest activities below.
Music at Edwards: May 2023
This May we’ll continue a years-long tradition with a Mothers’ Day service that includes the music of John Rutter. As our program year winds down and we change to a very active summer season of worship, we plan to have another choir anthem Sunday in early June. For more information on these as well as […]
April Music at Edwards
This month, I’m wearing my tech hat rather than my music hat. At Staff Meeting and Council at the end of March we concluded that our technology is coming together consistently enough nowadays that we are ready to begin the transition toward a team of volunteers who will manage the setup and breakdown on Sunday […]
A Busy, Musical March
March is fully scheduled and we’d love to hear you in the mix! We will have anthems on every Sunday in Lent, including One Bread One Body (3/5), Healing River (3/12), Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand (3/19), We Will Walk in the Light (3/26), which will include our own Willie Sordillo on saxophone. Our […]
Excited for Spring!
Excited for Spring!For church musicians, the best time to think about spring worship music is the middle of winter, we’ve got to be prepared. For the first time, in mid January, I called together anyone at all who is interested in planning music for our services this Lent and Easter. As I write this, our […]
From the Choir Director
Welcome, 2023! I wish to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped Edwards Church Music shine this Advent, often with their own guidance as I focused on trying to learn our new technology, a continuing work in progress. From our choristers and our Morning Glory songsters, to our soloists in our […]
Advent, In Living Color!
With our installation still ahead of us as I write this, I can only report that it is highly likely that through your abundance of giving, you will be able to see and hear all that Advent has to offer this year, as never before. As we settle in and learn the equipment (i.e. it […]
From the Choir Director
A Season of Anticipation Thank you, thank you! In the time between my writing and your reading of this article, we will be even closer to our financial goal to have the finest technology we could imagine. It is to be installed at the beginning of Advent. How exciting! (How nerve-wracking!) So many mixed emotions […]
A Season of Anticipation
Thank you, thank you! In the time between my writing and your reading of this article, we will be even closer to our financial goal to have the finest technology we could imagine. It is to be installed at the beginning of Advent. How exciting! (How nerve-wracking!) So many mixed emotions abound. Top of them […]
Fall for Music
On September 11, we will hold our annual Blessing of the Animals service with music led by members of our house bluegrass band “On the Fence.“ It’s become a years-long tradition and we hope you’ll join us for the fun! It brings me such joy to teach my music appreciation class that I am planning […]