Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Schola Cantorum Performs at Emmanuel

Chatham's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of Kevin Zakresky, performed  Passio Domni nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (The Passion According to St. Matthew) during today's service of the Holy Eucharist at Emmanuel Church.

Performing today were Kate Burns, Grace Fulop, Wayne Millan, Rosemary Nichols, David Smith, and Kevin Zakresky.

Chatham Schola Cantorum is a medieval singing group specializing in Gregorian Chant. The group focuses on various styles and forms of Latin chant in the Middle Ages through  the beginning of the Renaissance.

Kevin Zakresky is the Music Program Director at Chatham Hall.

The Chatham Concert Series Continues with "There's Always Room for Cello"

The Chatham Concert Series continued at Emmanuel on February 22 with “There’s Always Room for Cello,” a cello and vocal performance by husband and wife Ben and Ariana Wyatt.

Cellist Benjamin Wyatt has enjoyed an active career as a freelance musician in Los Angeles and New York, and has performed extensively abroad as well as at home. Soprano

Ariana Wyatt is a recent graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center and performed with several opera companies during the 2007-2008 season.

The performance  opened with Ratner’s 3 Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano, with Kevin Zakresky at the piano and continued with Bach’s Suite in G Major, BWV 1007; Depuis le jour (Charpentier); Quando men vo (Puccini); The Swan ( Saint-Saens); and Capricco (Foss). The Programme concluded with Verdi’s  Ah, fors’e lui from La Traviata.  About 70 people attended the performance.

Click here to learn more about the Chatham Concert Series.

Chatham Concert Series Opens with High Strung

Pictured (left to right): Kevin Matheson, Rebecca Oh, Brian Matheson, Kevin Zakresky

The Chatham Concert Series opened its first season on January 16^th at Emmanuel with High Strung featuring The Classic Strings Duo Kevin Matheson, Violin, and Brian Matheson, Viola.

Hailed as “two perfect virtuosos” at their international performance debut, and as winners of the Ibla International Competition in Italy, Kevin and Bryan Matheson performed works by Milhaud, Beethoven, Schickele, Ryden, Handel and Sibelius, closing with Mozart’s Trio for Violin, Viola and Piano in E-flat Major K. 498 “Kegelstatt,” with Kevin Zakresky at the piano.

Rebecca Oh, a promising young musician from Korea and a freshman at Chatham Hall, opened the second half of the Programme with Bach’s Concerto for Violin in A Minor.

Approximately 75 people attended this evening's performance.

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Please join us on Sunday, February 22^nd beginning at 8 pm here at Emmanuel for the second performance in the Chatham Concert Series, There’s Always Room for Cello, featuring Ben Wyatt, cello, and Ariana Wyatt, soprano. Admission is by donation.

Click here to view this evening’s Programme.

Click here to learn more about the Chatham Concert Series.

Chatham Concert Series presents High Strung January 16th

The Chatham Concert Series presents “High Strung,” January 16^th at 7 pm at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Join us for an evening of classical music, featuring The Classic Strings Duo Kevin Matheson, Violin, and Brian Matheson, Viola. Hailed as “two perfect virtuosos” at their international performance debut, and as winners of the Ibla International Competition in Italy, Kevin and Bryan Matheson are awakening audiences to music for the violin-viola duo. A combination written for since the 17^th century, and with duos being written today, the repertory is vast and varies, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Sibelius and Schickle.

Guest musicians include: Rebecca Oh, Violin, and Kevin Zakresky, piano. Admission is by donation.

Click here to learn more about the Chatham Concert Series.

Chatham Concert Series Begins January 16th at Emmanuel

Spring of 2009 will see the beginnings of a new cultural event in our town.  The Chatham Concert Series, directed by new Chatham Hall choirmaster Kevin Zakresky in collaboration with Emmanuel Episcopal Church, will bring professional musicians to the area for four entertaining recitals of classical music. 

Intended mainly as a new venue for art music in Pittsylvania County, the Chatham Concert Series will also serve as a stage for the young emerging artists of our town.  Each concert will include “opening act” performances by young people from Chatham, followed by a “headlining act” professional musician from out of town.

The concerts will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Main Street in Chatham, with the finale concert being staged in St. Mary’s Chapel at Chatham Hall.  Admission is by donation.

Performance details and musicians scheduled to appear are as follows:

High Strung - Friday, January 16 , 7 pm at Emmanuel

            Kevin Matheson, violin

           

            Bryan Matheson, viola

 

There’s always room for Cello -  Sunday,  February 22, 8 pm at Emmanuel

            Ben Wyatt, cello

 

The Magic Flute - Friday, March 27 , 7 pm at Emmanuel

            Janet Phillips, flute

 

The 1 Tenor - Saturday,  May 9, 7 pm at St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham Hall

            Kevin Zakresky, tenor

            Katherine Dowling, piano

Chatham Schola Cantorum Begins October 2nd

Chatham Schola Cantorum, a new medieval singing group specializing in Gregorian Chant, is looking for participants.  No previous musical experience is necessary.

Where: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham VA.

When: Thursday evenings 8:00-9:30pm (starting October 2nd)

This singing group will focus on various styles and forms of Latin chant in the Middle Ages through  the beginning of the Renaissance.  Rehearsals will be a mixture of singing and scholarship.

For more information, contact Kevin Zakresky at kzakresky@chathamhall.org.

St. Mary's Choir to Sing at Emmanuel

During the coming academic year, St. Mary's Choir from Chatham Hall, under the direction of Kevin Zakresky, will be singing at Emmanuel worship services on the following Sundays:

- October 12, 2008

- November 16, 2008

- January 18, 2008

- March 29, 2009

- May 17, 2009

 

 

 

A native of Saskatchewan and British Columbia, Kevin recently joined the faculty at Chatham Hall as Coordinator of the Music Program and Choirmaster following the completion of his undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia and graduate work at Yale.

Please join us for these special musical occasions.

The Briar Ridge Ramblers Headline Dinner Clubs’ Spring Potluck Supper

Several dozen parishioners and friends of Emmanuel celebrated the conclusion of the Winter Season Dinner Clubs and the launch of the Summer Season during a Potluck Supper on Saturday March 10.

Emmanuel's own Ron Irby and the Briar Ridge Ramblers provided special entertainment with their renditions of numerous Blue Grass/country music favorites.

Photos by Rosemary Nichols

The Dinner Clubs program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship. Since the format of each evening is at the discretion of that night’s host / hostess, the venue could be a cookout, a buffet, just coffee and desserts, or an evening at a local restaurant.

If you would like to join a dinner club for the coming season, please email the Parish Office for more details, or contact Mary Hicks Heitzler.