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Messenger VOLUME 99 ISSUE 6
JUNE 16, 2010
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - San Antonio, Texas ph 210-226-2426 fax 210-226-2468 www.stmarks-sa.org
Aerial shot of Ely Cathedral in England founded in 673, attracts 250,000 visitors a year. Photo courtesy of Ely Cathedral.
Choirs to be in “Residency” at Ely Cathedral By Edwin A. Rieke, Organist and Director of Music s you no doubt know by now, the Parish Choir and Youth Choir will be leaving on July 15, 2010 for a week’s residency at Ely Cathedral, England. In cathedrals throughout Great Britain the service of Evening Prayer (Evensong) is sung daily by the choir, as has been the case since the beginning of the Church of England in the 16th century. During the summer months when the resident cathedral choir is on holiday, guest choirs are invited to spend a week at the cathedral singing daily Evensong and the Sunday morning Eucharist. Ely Cathedral issued the invitation to St. Mark’s about three years ago, following the
Parish Choir’s highly successful residency at Bristol Cathedral. Ely is a very small village approximately 65 miles northeast of London. St. Etheldreda founded the monastery in Ely in 673. The present cathedral, begun in 1083, was completed in 1189! You should know that every singer going on this trip has accepted the responsibility for the entire cost. However, (Continued on page 2)