Singing Our Tradition - A Festival of Scottish Hymnody
February 28, 2025 7:30pm
Room: Sanctuary
“Singing Our Tradition – A Festival of Scottish Hymnody”
Hymn Festival at Kirk in the Hills
Friday, February 28, 2025, 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Join us for an evening of uplifting hymn singing – an opportunity to join our voices in song and learn about the hymns of our Scottish Presbyterian heritage. The singing will be led by the Kirk Chancel Choir, the Kirk Singers, and members of local Presbyterian Church choirs, with organist James Biery.
The program will include old familiar favorites “All People That on Earth Do Dwell,” “The Lord’s My Shepherd,” “Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise,” “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, and “The King of Love My Shepherd is,” as well as some engaging newer hymns from the past few decades.
Stories about each hymn will be offered by guest speaker Michael Silhavy. Michael Silhavy is an editor at GIA Publications, Inc. in Chicago, IL. He has served as the primary editor and editorial committee member for several Roman Catholic hymnals and other ecumenical publications. As a church musician he has worked in parish, grade school, university, cathedral, and diocesan settings. He currently is a member of the editorial review board of The Hymn, a journal of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada. He has authored entries on American composers and authors for the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. It was his privilege to work with Marilyn and James Biery for many years at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
This a free music event at the Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church and all invited to join us!