TGIF, Dec 19, 5:30pm

This Friday begin your weekend by enjoying an enchanting evening of bell music as Travis Bregier directs our own Chancel Bell Choir.  Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

Program

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella by Cathy Moklebust

Carols of Christmas by D. Linda Mckechnie

Go Tell It on the Mountain by Barbara Baltzer Kinyon

Angels We Have Heard on High by Darek K. Hakes

Doing Doing! Merrily on High by Douglas E. Wagner

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee by Arnold B. Sherman

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Douglas E. Wagner

Ring, Christmas Bells by Gail Downey

O Holy Silent Night by Travis Bregier

And the Glory of The Lord by Kevin McChesney

Variations on “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” by Michael Helman

First Presbyterian Church Chancel Bell Choir

The Bell Choir has a long tradition at the church. In the 1950s, a hand bell sales representative visited the pastor of the church, the Reverend Kenneth Keeler, who had previously heard a performance of bell ringers at a national church meeting. With two octaves of bells acquired, the first bell choir, Youth Ringers, was formed and was considered part of the youth ministry. Its members became a source of future members of the church’s Chancel Choir. During the tenure of the Reverend Robert Boshen in the 1950s, Mary Boshen often related that Robert Boshen asked her to marry him because of her service as a bell choir director in California. In 1987, Linda Raney formed the Bell Choir. Today the group has no age restrictions and is open to all, under the direction of Travis Bregier, Assistant Choir Director.

Travis Bregier, teacher, conductor, and baritone, earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in vocal performance at North Dakota State University, presenting three recitals and appearing in operas with roles including Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), The Learned Judge (Trial by Jury), and Quince (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). In addition to being the Assistant Choir Director at First Presbyterian, he is a music mentor in the Santa Fe Public Schools through Dream Big (Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival), Performance Santa Fe, and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, and he teaches voice and piano at The Candyman: Strings & Things. He regularly performs musical theater roles with Tri-M Productions and has appeared with Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, Chanticleer (Performance Santa Fe), and Opera Southwest.

 Roster

Krista Peterson
Jeannie Bowman
Campbell Martin
Cheryl Lockhart
Sally Shockey
Judy Montano
G. W. Franklin
Joy Ice
Rodger Shockey
Barry Rochelle
Darryl Bowman
Caiti Lord