2025 — 2026 Music Season
Welcome!
It is with great excitement that I present the 2025 –2026 season of Soaring Sounds in a Sacred Space at Christ Church Grosse Pointe!
Music remains at the heart of our community and is one of the primary ways that we worship, love, and serve our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our program this year includes a performance by the new all-women vocal ensemble, Lyyra, masses by Franz Joseph Haydn, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace, and a performance of Bach’s St. John Passion.
The Christ Church music program, with its roster of talented choirs and extensive musical offerings, is a treasured ministry of our community. Please consider supporting our offerings with your presence and, if possible, by contributing in the attached envelope.
Scott Hanoian Director of Music and Organist
Lyyra
Saturday, October 25 | 7 pm
Specializing in classical, jazz, pop and folk music from diverse traditions and backgrounds, Lyyra redefines the genre of upper voice music in the choral landscape, highlighting the astonishing capabilities within the full spectrum of womens’s singing.
Tickets: $25
Students: $15
Harmoniemesse
Franz Joseph Haydn
Tickets: $25
Pre-concert lecture | 3 pm
Sunday, November 23 | 4 pm
Composed over 50 years apart, Franz Joseph Haydn’s first mass, his Missa Brevis in F and last mass, known as the Harmoniemesse, highlight the progression of a young aspiring composer to the refined and impactful father of future generations of composers.
Christmas Concert
“A French Christmas”
Sunday, December 14 | 4 pm
Christ Church Chorale & Orchestra
Celebrate the season in this festive afternoon of traditional favorites and choral masterpieces. This year’s concert features selections from the French choral tradition including Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour Noël and other holiday favorites.
Tickets: $25
Pre-concert lecture | 3 pm
Christ Church Chorale & Orchestra
Let My Love Be Heard
Freewill offering
Saturday, February 7 | 7 pm
Lakeshore Chamber Singers
Scott Hanoian and the Lakeshore Chamber Singers explore how music depicts themes of love.
The concert will feature music of Jake Runestad, Morten Lauridsen, Ola Gjeilo, David Hurd, and many more.
St. John Passion
Palm Sunday, March 29 | 4 pm
Christ Church Chorale & Orchestra
Begin the journey of Holy Week with Bach’s gripping masterpiece retelling the arrest, trials, death and burial of Jesus.
Tickets: $25
Pre-concert lecture | 3 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Armed Man A Mass
for Peace
Sunday, May 3 | 4 pm
Christ Church Chorale & Orchestra
Brought back to Christ Church by popular demand, Welsh composer Karl Jenkin’s beloved work is based on texts from the Ordinary of the Mass, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Sankichi Toge.
Tickets: $25
Pre-concert lecture | 3 pm
The Marriage of Figaro
Saturday/Sunday, May 30 | 7 pm May 31 | 3 pm
de Metro
Overflowing with wit, romance and comedy, The Marriage of Figaro is a fast-paced tale of love and mistaken identity set in a single day of uproarious chaos.
Tickets for Opera de Metro are available at www.operademetro.org
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera
Special Services
All Saints’ Sunday
November 2 | 9 am
All Souls’ Requiem
Sunday, November 2 | 4 pm
Advent Procession
Sunday, November 30 | 4 pm
Candlelight Service of Nine
Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 21 | 4:30 pm
Pre-service organ recital | 4 pm
Christmas Eve
December 24 | 4, 8, & 11 pm
Choral Prelude | 10:30 pm
Christmas Day
December 25 | 10 am
Epiphany Procession
Sunday, January 11 | 4 pm
Candlemas
Sunday, February 1 | 4 pm
Ash Wednesday
February 18 | 7 pm
Palm Sunday
March 29 | 9 am
Holy Monday & Holy Tuesday
March 30 & 31 | 7 pm
Tenebrae
April 1 | 7 pm
Maundy Thursday
April 2 | 7 pm
Good Friday
April 3 | 12 pm & 7 pm
The Great Vigil of Easter
April 4 | 7 pm
Easter Day
April 5 | 9 am & 11:15 am
Easter Lessons and Carols
Sunday, April 19 | 4 pm
Feast of the Ascension
Thursday, May 14 | 7 pm
Festival Eucharist with Orchestra
Sunday, May 17 | 10 am
Pentecost May 24 | 10 am
Evensong
The service of Evensong (or sung Evening Prayer) is drawn almost entirely from the Bible: Psalms, lessons from the Old and New Testaments, and Canticles (songs of praise from the Scriptures). Music is an integral part of this service, and the choirs offer sung prayers to God on behalf of the people of God.
Free and open to the public. A reception follows each service.
All services at 4 pm.
September 21
October 12
March 1
May 17
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.christchurchgp.org/concerts-and-specialevents or scan the QR code!
NOTE: All concerts and other musical events have open, non-reserved seating. If tickets are required, they can be purchased either in advance at the church office or at the door. Special services and preconcert lectures, including those for ticketed events, are free and open to the public