With and through Music
Music and Third Baptist Church Third Baptist Church has a long history of excellence in church music, and that tradition continues. The Chancel Choir leads our worship services nearly every Sunday, year-round; they are often augmented by guest soloists and instrumentalists, in addition to organ and piano, creating a moving and inspirational worship experience. Special services are presented on Good Friday and Christmas Eve, and the choir performs with larger orchestral ensembles on Easter and Christmas. | |  |
Chancel Choir  | | The Chancel Choir is open to anyone who's interested in singing with us! We rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 6:50pm to 8:15pm in the choir room. Many of our members come for the full evening, starting with the 5pm fellowship dinner, followed by the Adult Bible Study, and then choir. We sing at least one anthem a week, sometimes more depending on the needs of the service and the difficulty of the music, and we sing year round. Our repertoire includes a wide range of musical styles, from classical to contemporary gospel and praise music. While some of the music we sing is easily accessible, we do like to challenge the choir with a difficult piece now and then! Prospective members are encouraged to come to a rehearsal or two and give us a try. |
Children's Choir Music is a vital part of the Wednesday night children's activities, and the children occasionally sing in Sunday morning worship. For more information on this program, contact our Minister to Children and Youth, Vicki Swyers, at vswyers@third-baptist.org. | |  |
Handbell Choir  | | The handbell choir rehearses Sunday mornings at 8:30am in room 300. Those interested in ringing should contact Kad Day at kad@third-baptist.org. |
The Sanctuary Organ - Built by Kilgen
- Modified in the 1950s by Moeller (new console, more pipes)
- Console rebuilt in the late 1990s
- Peterson Orgaplex switching system/master coupler and MIDI resource system and master stop processor MSP-1000.
- Four manuals
- Antiphonal
- 3,603 pipes
- 59 ranks
- 119 drawknobs
Third Baptist Church has signed a contract with Bogue Organs of Downers Grove, Illinois for the rebuilding and enlargement of this organ. Originally begun in 1930 by the Kilgen company of St. Louis, the organ was completed with 60 ranks in 1949 by the M.P. Moller company of Hagerstown, Maryland. The current organ will be supplied with new winding, windchests, and a new 4-manual console. 8 new ranks will be added to the organ, and 1 rank and a set of chimes previously removed will be restored. The renovation is scheduled to be completed in early 2009. The project is being underwritten with assistance from the Third Baptist Foundation. information about the organ and it's progress will be available at
http://www.third-baptist-organ.org.
Concerts and Special Services Third Baptist Church is a fabulous concert venue! With three excellent performance spaces (the Sanctuary, Memorial Chapel and the stage in Johnson Hall), we are able to host to a wide range of concerts, recitals and events; performers in the recent past have included Kim Massie, Marianne Kesler, Ptah Williams, the Ozarka Trio with Molly Carr, Bach to the Future, the St. Louis Chamber Chorus, and the King's Heralds Quartet, to name a few. Additionally, TBC organist Brent Johnson periodically performs recitals of classical organ literature, and our Good Friday and Christmas Eve services are full of a wide variety of music, featuring the chancel choir, vocal soloists, ensembles and instrumentalists.
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