DECEMBER 24/25, 2010 - St. James's Episcopal Church

MUSIC NOTES
“O sing unto God with the voice of melody.” ~Psalm 47:1
Dr. Mark A. Whitmire, Music Director Virginia Ewing Whitmire, Organist
4:00 P.M. SERVICE
Venite Adoremus is my arrangement of the well-known 19 th -century carol. It is a
macaronic carol—meaning that it combines Latin and English, as does “Angels we
have heard on high,” for example.
Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (or “Huron Carol”) is a Canadian carol written in
1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in
Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron people. The
song’s original Huron title is “Jesous Ahatonhia” (“Jesus, he is born”). The melody
is based on a traditional French folk song, “Une Jeune Pucelle” (“A Young Maid”).
The English lyrics were written in 1926 by Jesse Edgar Middleton The carol uses
native imagery in place of the traditional Nativity story: Jesus is born in a “lodge of
broken bark,” and wrapped in a “robe of rabbit skin.” He is surrounded by hunters
instead of shepherds, and the Magi are portrayed as “chiefs from afar” that bring
him “fox and beaver pelts” instead of the more familiar gold, frankincense, and
myrrh.
Angels and shepherds is a traditional Bohemian carol arranged by C. H. Trevor
(1895-1976). Trevor was an English organist and teacher who held posts at Well
Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral (Calcutta) and St. Peter’s Eaton Square, London.
CHERUB CHOIR
Cherub Choir Mothers: Hope Foster, Debbie Krey
Accompanist: Jeanne Lapierre
1 ST YEAR – Benjamin Ackerly, Andrew Ascoli, Clay Davis, Drew Davis, Thomas
Disharoon, Katherine Elles, Will Elles, Spenser Frank, Andrews Hause, Anne
Hubard, Charles Innes, Drew Kidwell, George Kulp, Muriel Lewis, Tommy
Roberts, Ethan Smith, Marla Van Deusen, Tucker Walker, George Dewey White,
and George Wilt
2 ND YEAR – Walker Allen, Georgiana Ascoli, Charlotte Baxter, Emma Clark, Ella
Davis, Jack Davis, Beckett Foster, Preston Foster, Hannah Harvard, Chase Hartley,
Sam Hubard, William Jones, Camille Kidwell, James Kulp, Porter Montague,
Taylor Sibley, and Emma Smith
3 RD YEAR – Margaret Ackerly, Matthew Burnside, Lily Burnside, Ella Hause, Libbie
Krey, Sarah Townsend, Margaret White, Holden Woodward, Kathryn Archer
Woodward, and Elizabeth Woodward
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Children’s Choir Mothers: Robin Jager, Becky Page
Accompanist: Jeanne Lapierre
1 ST YEAR – Stas Barber, Hannah Clark, Ellie Duffey, Gabi Holloway, Molly Jager,
Grace Kinder, William McDermott, Samuel Menk, Braxton Page, Anne Mason
Ruth, and Hank Valentine
2 ND YEAR – Joseph Ascoli, Alec Davis, Oliver Fisk, Laurence Innes, Payton Jager,
Anne Gamble Jennings, Parker Krey, Libby McCoy, Emily McDermott, Gardiner
McGuire, Hunter McGuire, Henry Spain, Ian Townsend, and Pierce Wilt
3 RD YEAR – Ellie Angle, Eliza Goggins, Caroline Hopper, Liza Hopper, Rachel
Page, and Ashleigh Ward
4 TH YEAR – Laney Yoo
Lea Booth
Ian Daniel
Addie Eliades
Alex Eliades
Sallie Ellett
Caroline Gaenzle
Eliza Hollerith
MacNair Jennings
YOUTH CHOIR
Grace Jennings
Margaret Jewett
Kevin Lapierre
Margaret Rawls
Ruth Shuford
Celia Stone
Annie Valentine
Callie Wright