The dynamic music program at St. John plays an important role in Mass as well as reaching out to both the parish and Lambertville community. Our music program offers many opportunities to be involved with the church. Professional and volunteer cantors sing at all four Masses. Our church also offers the Saturday at Six chamber music concert series during the Advent and Lent seasons, as well as the renowned Sunday Afternoon at the Opera.

We are always happy to have new additions to our music program. If you have any questions or are interested in becoming a cantor, an instrumentalist, or joining our chamber choir, please contact Sue Kim, Organist and Director of Music, at the church office.

We are looking for new Gallery Choir members to join us for an exciting year of music at Saint John. The Gallery Choir will be comprised of both professional and volunteer choir members. Anyone who loves to sing, can read music, and would like to get involved with the music program at Saint John is encouraged to apply. All voice types are welcome, ages high school to adult. To sign up, please visit the organ loft after Mass or email stjohnlamb.music@gmail.com for more information.

Sook Hyun Kim is currently serving as the Organist and Director of Music at St. John the Evangelist Church. Ms. Kim holds B.M and M.M degrees from the University of Colorado in Boulder and completed the two-year Professional Studies Program at the Juilliard School in New York City. She studied organ with John Weaver, Elizabeth Farr, and organ improvisation with Gerre Hancock. She has also studied piano with Robert Spillman and Nina Lichuck.

Ms. Kim has performed in master classes most notably with Simon Preston, David Higgs, and Stefan Engels. Most recently, Ms. Kim has devoted study to César Franck's major organ works and numerous French organ repertoire at the Princeton University Chapel with Eric Plutz. As a concert organist, Ms Kim has performed in many of the major notable venues in the United States, Europe and Asia such as the Alice Tully Hall in NYC, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Canada, and Emmanuel College in Cambridge, England. In recent years, she has participated in the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at the Mannes College of Music in NYC. She has also extensively collaborated with numerous chamber groups, brass ensembles and soloists as a pianist and accompanist. Ms. Kim's previous organ positions include Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, and the Trinity School in Pawling, NY.

We are currently looking for new members for our St. John Chamber Choir which will meet on Saturday afternoons and sing at the 5:00pm Mass. If you are interested, please contact our Director of Music.

The Friends of Sacred Music at St. John the Evangelist is a group of Parishioners interested in supporting and enhancing the liturgical music of the Mass and religious celebrations with the goal of reaching a deeper form of worship.

Cantors play a very important role in Mass by leading the parishioners in responses and hymns. Cantors are needed for the 5:00 PM Mass on Saturday, and 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM Masses on Sunday.

If you play an instrument and are interested in sharing your gift during Mass, please contact the Director of Music for more information.

This unique chamber music concert series is presented during Advent and Lent. The chamber musicians are talented and accomplished seasoned professionals that perform a variety of ensemble works. The concert is presented at the end of Saturday evening's Mass.

Saturday at Six
Sacred Music Series
March 21, 2020 at 6:00PM
Into Your Hands
Honors loved ones, serves African Mission
 

                                                                            
Caritas Chamber Chorale will present a series of Lenten concert of sacred music, entitled Into Your
Hands, for the benefit of Adorno Fathers’ African Mission. Featuring the beloved Fauré Requiem and movements of the new work Requiem – A Beginning by Caritas Composer in Residence, Wayne
Dietterick, the program honors and remembers those who have gone before. Other works, such as Gesualdo’s stunning O vos omnes and Trotta’s Into Your Hands bridge our loved ones’ passing to the hope and promise of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross. Caritas Chamber Chorale ordinarily presents programs of a cappella music but is joined by Simply Strings and Wayne Dietterick on organ
for this concert.

Caritas Chamber Chorale is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor through the art of sacred music. Since its founding in 2005, Caritas Chamber Chorale has sung for the
Adorno Fathers’ St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in DRC, Africa, and to date has raised over $128,000 for
them, mostly for educational needs. All concerts are free and open to the public. A freewill offering will benefit the St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.

This wonderful program brings renowned opera singers to St. John for an annual benefit concert. For more information, please visit www.sundayopera.org.

Our music program provides music for wedding Mass and ceremonies. If you are interested in having a soloist or instrumentalist at your wedding, St. John maintains a roster of professional musicians, therefore no outside musicians will be permitted to perform in the church. If you would like more information on the wedding music policy of St. John, please contact the Director of Music.