Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for February are below.  Thanks to Stella Woo for the selections.  

We have another keyboard accompanist to re-join the music ministry, Hubie Lem, who will accompany once a month on Saturday evenings.  Welcome back, Hubie!

I have ordered 15 more choir hymnals because we only have 14 hymnals in the cabinet now (we should have over 20 copies).  We need to take good care of the new hymnals because the version that we use, Gather Comprehensive II, is now out of print, and the new version, Gather III, does not match the hymnals in the pews.  If someone has time to help me put book-covers on the new hymnals to protect them, please let me know.  

Cantors for the 11:15 Mass will be Stella on February 2nd and 16th, and Lea on February 9th. 

Music-line-up-2014-02.pdf 
Choir-Schedule-2014-02.pdf

 
Peace,
Peggie

Many thanks to all who did the music for the Christmas services, especially Bruce Ueland, Paul De Guzman, Jennie Li, and Agnes Lee. 

The music ministry wishes everyone a blessed Christmas and happiness in the New Year! 

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for January are as follows:

• Music-line-up-2014-01.pdf
• Choir-Schedule-2014-01.pdf

Rehearsals for the Christmas Masses will be:

• For the December 24th 5pm Christmas Family Mass - rehearsal at 4pm;
• For the Christmas Midnight Mass - rehearsals at 4pm on December 15th and at 3pm on December 22nd;
• For the Christmas Day 8:45 Mass - warmup at 8:15am;
• For the Christmas Day 11:15 Mass - warmup at 10:30am (in the school music room).

Many thanks to all who will be singing and playing at Christmas, and safe travels to all who will be away.  May I wish you and your families joy at this Christmas season!  

Peace,
Peggie

On Thursday, December 12^th, there is an Advent Reconciliation Service at 7:30pm.  Agnes Lee will accompany.  Now, we need singers.  Choir members, please let me know if you can come and sing.

Christmas is coming!  Please let me know if you are here for Christmas and plan to join the choir.  Even if you are not a regular member of the music ministry, you are most welcome join us, especially for the Christmas Eve Family Mass, when many of our regular choir members have work obligations. 

We are still looking for an accompanist for the Christmas Midnight Mass, either a guitarist or a pianist (or both).  If you can help us, or if you know someone who can help us, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or come talk with one of the choir members after Mass. 

This week we will change the Mass parts to the Mass of Christ the Savior by Dan Schutte.  Please sing along with the choir! 

There is a rehearsal for all choir members after the 11:15 Mass on December 1st to learn the new Gloria.  Choir members, please join this rehearsal if you can.

Help needed!  We still need an accompanist for the Christmas Midnight Mass, either a guitarist or a pianist (or both).  If you can help us, or if you know someone who can help us, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or come talk with one of the choir members after Mass.  

Dear music ministry members,  

The line-up and the schedule for December are as follows.  Many thanks to Stella Woo for the selections. 

• Choir-Schedule-2013-12.pdf
• Music-line-up-2013-12.pdf
• Music-line-up-2013-12---Christmas-Family-Mass.pdf
• Music-line-up-2013-12---Christmas-Midnight-Mass-and-Christmas-Day.pdf

Rehearsals for the Christmas Masses will be:  

• For the December 24th 5pm Christmas Family Mass - rehearsal at 4pm;
• For the Christmas Midnight Mass - rehearsals at 4pm on December 15th and at 3pm on December 22nd;
• For the Christmas Day 8:45 Mass - warmup at 8:15am;
• For the Christmas Day 11:15 Mass - warmup at 10:30am (in the school music room).   

Also, for the December 12th reconciliation service, please join the choir if you are able to come.  Warm-up is at 7:15pm, and the hymns will be: 

• Opening: Change Our Hearts - 414, 
• Closing: Hosea - 405  

Peace,
Peggie

Next week, with the start of Advent, we will change the Mass parts to the Mass of Christ the Savior by Dan Schutte.  There will be a rehearsal for all choir members after the 11:15 Mass on December 1^st to learn the new Gloria.  Choir members, please join this rehearsal if you can.

We have need for an additional keyboard accompanist to help substitute when one of our regular accompanists is away.  For musicians, it is a good way to participate in the Mass, and it is also a fun way to contribute your talents to our community.  If you play the piano, and are interested to help, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and the schedule for November are attached below.

Music-line-up-2013-11.pdf

Choir-Schedule-2013-11.pdf

In December, I’d like to change to the ‘Mass of Christ the Savior’ for our Mass parts. I’ve attached a pdf file with the music. If you click on the links on the first page, you can listen to the recordings. I will make copies of the music for the choir and accompanists so that we can start practicing in November.

Mass-of-Christ-the-Savior.pdf

Our choir hymnals seem to be disappearing. We should have over 20 hymnals, but at last count there were only 15. Unless we find the missing books, I will have to place an order for more. If anyone wants to order a personal copy, please let me know. The cost is $HK 200.

The 8:45 Mass on November 3rd is a broadcast Mass, and the 8:45 Ensemble will sing.

The confirmation class reconciliation service is on November 9th at 2pm, and Stella will sing, with Jennie as accompanist.

Cantors for the 11:15 Mass will be Jam and Lea on November 3rd and Stella on November 10th.

Peace,
Peggie

Dear music ministry members,

Welcome, and thanks those who signed up on Service Sunday to join the music ministry.  Also, thanks to our existing members who re-upped this year.  We now have over 50 musicians in the music ministry – a great start to the year!  

The line-up and the schedule for October are attached below.  Thanks to Stella Woo for the selections.  

Peace,

Peggie

Line-up: Music-line-up-2013-10.pdf

Schedule: Choir-Schedule-2013-10.pdf

The aim of the music ministry is to add beauty to the Mass using music.  We hope to offer music as another form of worship and prayer for all parishioners, as well as for choir members ourselves. 

If you like music, you'd enjoy being a part of this ministry.  There are several groups/times to choose from - Saturday evening 6pm, 8:45 Sunday, 11:15 Sunday, Filipino Choir, Legion of Mary Choir, and Youth Group. Rehearsals generally take place one hour before Mass.

We welcome all vocalists and instrumentalists, and we especially need keyboard accompanists, guitar accompanists, and cantors. 

If you are interested to find out more, stop by at next week's Service Sunday sign-ups, come talk with one of the choir members after Mass, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dear music ministry members,

Welcome back to all who were away for the summer!  

The line-up and schedule for September are attached below.  

We are missing Blessie Hugo, our guitarist and music coordinator for the Legion of Mary choir, who has moved back to the Philippines in August.  She says that it’s a temporary move and that she will come back to Hong Kong.  I hope so!  I didn’t have a good chance to say a proper good-bye and to thank her for all that she’s done for us over the years.  She has a beautiful voice, dedication, and willingness to serve, and we miss her.  Come back soon, Blessie!  

Next weekend, August 31st and September 1st, will be Service Sunday. Please encourage our fellow parishioners to join us in the music ministry.  

September 22nd will be a Broadcast Mass at 8:45am, and the Legion of Mary choir will sing.  

Peace,
Peggie

 

September music line-up

September Schedule

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up for August is attached.

Since I am not sure when everyone will return from their summer holidays, I have not done the schedule yet. Can the accompanists and cantors please let me know when you’d like to resume our normal schedule?

The St. Anne’s Feast Day bi-lingual Mass on July 21st went well, with the help of our choirs, the Chinese choir, and Ingrid Tsui, the accompanist.

This year, St. Anne’s Song was translated to Tagalog by Blessie Hugo, and we were able to sing it in three languages – English, Cantonese, and Tagalog.

September 1st will be Service Sunday. Please encourage our fellow parishioners to join us in the music ministry!

Peace,

Peggie

Music-line-up-2013-08.pdf

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for July are attached.

The main event for July is St. Anne’s Feast Day on July 21st. The bi-lingual Mass will be at 10:30, and the choir rehearsal will be at 9:00 in the school music room.

Please join if you can!

Safe travels to all who are traveling, and a good summer holiday to all!

Peace,
Peggie

Download:

Choir Schedule July 2013

Music Line-Up July 2013

Many thanks to all the singers who came to provide music for the First Holy Communion ceremonies last Saturday - Stella Woo, Bruce Ueland, Fernanda Da Rosa, Arceli Carrera, Nerry Delamide, Grace Chan, Maureen Canham, Margie DeCocinis, and Zoe Forino. 

As this is almost the end of the school year, we would like to thank all of the people who volunteered their service and talents in the music ministry this year.  In particular, thanks to the following musicians:

• Stella Woo for helping choose the music line-ups.   
• Blessie Hugo for coordinating the Legion of Mary choir. 
• Lorna Logmao for coordinating the Filipino choir. 
• Pat Kozyra and David Helfer for singing at the 6pm Saturday Mass. 
• Jennie Li and Hunmin Kim for their keyboard accompaniment (and Agnes Lee for stepping in to help with keyboard accompaniment when one of us is away). 
• Paul de Guzman, Bruce Ueland, and Blessie Hugo for their guitar accompaniment. 
• Stella Woo, Jam Melendez, and Lorna Logmao for singing the psalms at the 11:15 Sunday Mass. 
• Amar Bhardwaj (trumpet), Mary Byrne (violin) and Aisling Quinlan (violin) for their instrumental accompaniment.
• Hannah Kraebel for coordinating the Youth Band, and all the youth who contributed their enthusiasm and talents at the Saturday Youth Masses.   
• Thanks to all the friends of the music ministry who help out on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, and the May ceremonies. 

And, last but certainly not least, to all the regular members of the music ministry who come to sing every week.  You are the backbone of the music ministry – thank you all so much.

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for June are attached.

The 8:45 Mass on May 5th was broadcast on RTHK Radio 4.  I think it came out very well! Thanks to the Filipino choir for singing and to our youth instrumentalists Amar Bhardwaj and Aisling Quinlan for accompanying.  If you'd like to listen, the link is here. 

Many thanks to Jennie Li, Bruce Ueland, Stella Woo, Pat Kozyra, Agnes Lee, Fernanda Da Rosa, Maureen Canham, Brenda Yu, and Margie DeCocinis, who gave us the music for the Confirmation ceremony last Saturday.  Also thanks to Hannah Kraebel for the communion meditation song, 'Blessings', by Laura Story.  We are indeed blessed to be a part of St. Anne's community and to be able to celebrate this occasion with the youth of the parish.

The First Holy Communion ceremonies took place yesterday.  Many thanks to all the singers who came to provide music: Stella Woo, Bruce Ueland, Fernanda Da Rosa, Arceli Carrera, Nerry Delamide, Grace Chan, Maureen Canham, Margie DeCocinis, and Zoe Forino.

We say a sad farewell to Lorna Logmao of the Filipino Choir who moved back to the Philippines last week.  Lorna was one of the founders of the Filipino choir 15 years ago and has been one of its core leaders.  She and the whole Filipino choir give selfless service to St. Anne's week after week.  In addition to singing at the 11:15 Mass every week, when there is a 5th Sunday in the month, they sing at three morning Masses - the 7:15 Tagalog Mass, the 8:45 and the 11:15 Masses.  They also sing for one 6pm Mass and for the Cheshire Home Mass each month.   Lorna has gained the respect and love of all the choir members, and we will miss her dearly.

Accompanists and cantors, please let me know if the schedule is ok for you.

Peace,
Peggie

Download:

Music Line-Up for June
Choir Schedule for June

We are recruiting singers for the First Holy Communion ceremonies on May 25th.  Most of our regular music ministry members are not free to come on Saturdays and we need help from the parish community.  So far, we have only three singers.  There are two ceremonies - one at 11:30am and another at 3:00pm.  We welcome you to come sing for either ceremony or for both.   For more details, or to volunteer, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We are recruiting singers for two upcoming ceremonies: Confirmation on May 18^th and First Holy Communion on May 25^th.  Most of our regular music ministry members are not free to come on Saturdays, so we need singers from the parish community.  Let’s come together to sing at these joyous occasions for the youth of our parish.  For more details, or to volunteer, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Dear Music Ministry Members,

The line-up and schedule for May are attached.

We are coming to the end of the school year and there is a lot going on in the month of May.

On Saturday May 4th, the 6pm Mass will be sponsored by the Youth Band.  Thanks to Hannah Kraebel  for selecting the music and leading this group, and thanks to Jennie Li for accompanying.  If you know of any youth guitarist or pianist who might be interested, please invite them to join the group.  There will be one more Youth Mass on June 1st, after which there is a break for the summer, and the group will resume again at the start of the next school year.

The 8:45 Mass on May 5th will be broadcast on RTHK Radio 4.  The Filipino choir will be singing, and this time there will also be violin and trumpet  accompaniment.   Thanks to our youth instrumentalists Amar Bhardwaj and Aisling Quinlan for joining.

May 12th is Mothers' Day, and we should prepare a song or instrumental piece for when the roses are distributed.  A good one might be 'Hail Mary, Gentle Woman', p. 779, but each group can have their own choosing.

The Rite of Confirmation will be held on Saturday, May 18th at the 6pm Mass.  Reverend Brian Barrons will be the celebrant.  We need singers for the choir!  Please join if at all possible, and please ask your friends from the parish to join also.  Rehearsal will be 4:30pm.

There are two ceremonies for First Holy Communion; both will be held on Saturday, May 25th.  One is at 11:30am and one is at 3pm.  Again we need singers!  Please join the choir and ask your friends too.  Rehearsal will be at 10:15am.  We will break for lunch after the first ceremony and return again for the 3pm ceremony.

The May Crowning will be on Sunday May 26th at the 11:15 Mass.  Can the Filipino choir select a song in praise of Mary for the crowning?

The schedule for the 11:15 cantors will be May 5th –Stella,  May 12th – Jam, and May 19th –Lorna.  Please let me know if the schedule is ok for you.

Peace,
Peggie

Downloads:

Choir Schedule For Sundays in May
Music Line-Up For Sundays in May
Music Line-Up for Confirmation
Music Line-Up for First Holy Communion

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for April are attached.  Thanks to Stella Woo for the music selections.  Accompanists and cantors – please let me know if the schedule is ok with you.

I'd like to thank our choir members who joined in singing at last night's Holy Thursday service.  Thanks also to the Chinese Choir for singing with us, especially Miranda Kwan the Chinese Choir director and Ingrid Tsui the accompanist.

Also thanks (in advance) for everyone who will be singing at the Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services this weekend.    I wish you all a happy and blessed Easter!

Peace,

Peggie

Download:

Music Line-Up for April

Choir Schedule for April

Dear Music Ministry Members,

The line-up and schedule for March are attached.

Accompanists and cantors, can you let me know when you are available in March, so that we can refine the schedule?  Also, can all members let me know their availability during Holy Week, March 28-31?  The music for Holy Thursday, is yet to be confirmed with the Chinese choir.  Also, the readings and psalms for the Easter Vigil have yet to be confirmed.  I will let you know if there are changes.

Peace,
Peggie

 

Download:

Choir Schedule for March

Music Line-Up for March