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The current Music Director is Mark Trautman, who has served the Christ Church since 1994. |
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| Panorama | Current Program and Director | History of the Organ | Music of the Organ | Gloria in Excelsis | Stainer Service | The Missing Duke | Sunday School Festival |
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The current Music Director is Mark Trautman, who has served the Christ Church since 1994. |
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| Music has always played an important role in Christ Church since the eighteenth century. Highlights include:
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Please look at the images below to see a booklet Mark Trautman wrote about the history of the organs in the church.
Click here to see the booklet as a pdf. Click here to see the booklet as a word file. |
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This is old sheet music titled Gloria in Excelsis. This was an ancient hymn sung as an ordinary chant of the Mass. At Christ Church, this music was played after the Psalter. |
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A service for Stainer was given on April 30th, 1899. Click on the images to see the words the choir sung during the service. George W. Wilmot was the choir director at the time. What is interesting to note is that J. E. Riley is listed as the organist. This individual is not listed on Mr. Trautman's incomplete list of Parish Musiscians. |
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The images lead to pages from the program of an operetta titled "The Missing Duke". This operetta was performed by the choir boys of the church on June 1st, 1906. George W. Wilmot was the musical director for this performance. He was choirmaster from 1885-1930. George N. Nuttman is listed as the pianist for the performance. He is listed on Mr. Trautman's incomplete list as George W. Nuttman, an organist, from 1913?-1920 and 1924-1928. |
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Please click the links below to see the program from a Sunday School Festival on St. John the Evangelist's Day, Thursday December 27, 1888.
The program lists the order of events and contains the words sung by the choir. George W. Wilmot was the choirmaster during that time. |
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