Music
Song lifts our up our hearts, filling us with joy and honouring the God who created us to sing. At Christ Church, music weaves through all of our worship. We love traditional hymns and old gospel tunes, and we try to keep our selections familiar and singable. We also sing many of our prayers. Our 10:30 service is accompanied by the organ.
Choir
All parishioners are welcome to join the choir, providing musical leadership to the rest of the congregation. Choir members attend a weekly rehearsal, except in the summer.
Choral Scholars
This group of enthusiastic teens and young adults are members of the choir, who also have a separate rehearsal (immediately afterward) to rehearse other pieces of service music and develop their vocal skills. They are paid a small honorarium each semester to show our appreciation for their gifts and respect for their hard work.
The Choral Scholars Program was launched in Fall 2022 to meet a need in the community. Although Shelburne has a vibrant music scene, especially in the summers, there were (before our program began), no opportunities for formal musical education in Shelburne, including in the local high school. We decided to contribute to meeting this need, in a way that would also strengthen our choir and community.
Local individuals and business are welcome to contact us about sponsoring a student for this program, which we want to be able to offer to as many local young people as possible.
Organ Scholar
In June 2026, the Parish said a sad but grateful farewell to Mei Jennings, the Parish's first organ scholar. Her exememplary dedication to music and to the life of the Parish was deeply appreciated. She will be greatly missed, and we wish her every blessing in the next chapter of her musical journey.
We are pleased to annouce that Clark Blanchard will be taking over from Mei. Clark is an accomplished musician, and we look forward to his contribution to the musical life of the Parish.
On the third Sunday of the month, long-time parishioner Robert MacKay plays the organ in a country-gospel style, adding another distinctive and much-loved dimension to our worship.