Dear music ministry members,
Please click below for the line-up and schedule for May:
May Music Line-upMay ScheduleMusic Line-up for ConfirmationMusic Line-up for First Holy CommunionI’d like to thank to all of our music ministry members who provided music at the Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday services.
Thanks to the Chinese Choir for joining with us on Holy Thursday for the bi-lingual Mass, especially Miranda Kwan the Chinese Choir director and Ingrid Tsui the accompanist.
Additional special thanks go to the following music ministry members: for Friday, accompanist Hubie Lem and cantor Stella Woo; for Saturday, accompanist Jennie Li and cantors David Helfer, Stella Woo, and Pat Kozyra; and for Sunday, accompanists Hunmin Kim and Paul De Guzman, and cantor Lea Faigmani.
We have a busy May coming up, especially with the Confirmation and the First Holy Communion ceremonies on May 17th and 24th.
The 8:45 Mass on May 4th will be broadcast on RTHK Radio 4. Agnes Lee will be the accompanist, and it would be great if Amar Bhardwaj could also play trumpet that day too.
We will continue with music training at 3pm on May 4th in the music room for those who wish to join. We have already spent two sessions on rhythm and counting; this session will continue with some rhythm drills and expand into learning some harmonies.
May 11th 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 17th at the 6pm Mass. 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 at 4:30pm.
There are two ceremonies for First Holy Communion; both will be held on Saturday, May 24th. One is at 11:30am and one is at 3pm. Again we really need singers! Please join the choir and ask your friends too. Rehearsal will be at 10:30am. We will break for lunch after the first ceremony and return again for the 3pm ceremony.
The May Crowning will be on Sunday May 25th at the 11:15 Mass.
The schedule for the 11:15 cantors will be May 4th and 11th - Jam, and May 18th –Lea.
Our guitarist, Bruce Ueland, will be moving back to the US in June with his wife Pat. Bruce has been a key player for the 8:45 Mass for many years (I think 14 or 15 years already). Please join me in giving him our sincere thanks and appreciation for his music and our best wishes to him and Pat in their move.
Peace,
Peggie