Phyllis Ernsberger
Music Director
Office: 360-892-7160
phyllise@salcvan.org

Musical opportunities at St. Andrew:

Chancel Choir rehearses 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays in the sanctuary. This choir leads services about twice a month. No prior choral experience or musical literacy is required. Child care is available during rehearsals with prior notice. Our fourth-annual choir retreat will be Sept. 19-21 at the Galilean
Retreat Center in Ocean Shores. The only expense is a nominal fee for food. We will sing at Portland Grotto's Festival of Lights at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29. Retreat details: Phyllis Ernsberger phyllise@salcvan.org, or contact the church office, 892-7160.

Revival choir: This adult contemporary choir and instrumental group leads services once a month, generally the second Sunday. Rehearsals are from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Glass Room the two Wednesdays prior to a performance.
No experience is required. Information: Mary Stender, mljd.stender@gmail.com.

Winds and Strings: This Celtic instrumental group rehearses Sundays from 10 to 10:45 a.m. between services in the sanctuary. They lead services about once a month and participate in occasional benefit concerts.For intermediate to advanced instrumentalists; musical literacy is helpful. Contact Phyllis for more information.

Bell choir: Rehearsal is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays in the sanctuary. This group performs during Sunday services about every six weeks. Musical literacy is required, but no prior bell-ringing experience is necessary. Faithful rehearsal attendance is important. Information: Pat Cunningham, pljcunningham@comcast.net.

Wednesday Praise: The middle school and high school vocal and instrumental group leads the short worship opening of every Wednesday night youth program, Wired on Wednesday (WOW). Eventually it also will perform during Sunday morning services. Rehearsal is from 6 to 6:45 p.m. on Wednesdays during the school year, in the sanctuary. Worship follows immediately until 7 p.m. . No prior training or experience is required. Information: David Xochihua, davidx@pacifier.com.

Children's choir: Rehearsals are on Thursdays. Each rehearsal night begins with free, supervised gym time from 5 to 5:45 p.m followed by a pizza dinner, provided on a rotating basis by choir parents. From 6 to 6:45 p.m. we rehearse in
the Glass Room. The program is designed for children ages 5 to 12. No prior experience is required. The rehearsal prepares songs to sing during Sunday morning services and provides training in musical literacy, music theory and
vocal technique. Contact Phyllis for information.

Soloists and ad hoc groups: If there is interest in any other musical activity, contact Phyllis. I will help start a new group if enough people are interested and can participate.

Chancel Choir

St Andrew Tracker Pipe Organ

Cole & Woodbury Bros.
Boston, Mass., c. 1887

Relocated through the Organ Clearing House, Harsville New Hampshire. Rebuilt and enlarged by Jeremy Cooper, Concord, New Hampshire, 1996.

The original location of the present tracker organ is not known. For many years it was in St Mary of the Bay Roman Catholic Church in Hull, Massachusetts, and was purchased by Jeremy Cooper on speculation when the Hull church building became redundant.

The first organ owned by Saint Andrew was a one-manual and pedal seven-rank Detlef Kleuker tracker. Built for the residence of Dr. Hannah Leonhardt in 1969 it was relocated to St Andrew through the Organ Clearing House and served there until it was destroyed by the fire of August 1994. After the fire Jeremy Cooper and a crew from the Organ Clearing House then suggested the Cole & Woodbury instrument to Pastor David Hedman and organist David Nelson for use at Saint Andrew. Jeremy Cooper rebuilt and installed the ogan and it was dedicated December 15, 1996.

Originally a nine-stop organ (Great: Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8'TC, Stop, Dia Bass 8'TC, Dulciana 8'TC, Octave 4'; Swell: Viola 8'TC, Flute Harmonique 4', Oboe8'TC; Pedal: Bourdon 16'), it now has twenty stops including two double-draw stops. Jeremy Cooper added a five-stop pedal chest; the full-compass Trumpet 8' replaced the original TC Oboe 8' and was a gift to the church from the builder. The pedalboard, bench, and lower side panels are new, the originals having disappeared many years ago. The case pipes, which had been mitered to fit the low gallery ceiling in Hull, were unmitered so the organ appears more as it did originally.