Upcoming Events

2008

Sunday, October 26
The King of Instruments
Organ Recital
7pm, Sanctuary

Did you know that the pipe organ is often called, “The King of Instruments?” Organists have numerous sounds at their fingertips which join together very much like an orchestra. On Sunday, October 26 at 7pm in the Sanctuary, Jeff Weiss will feature our 3-manual, 58-rank Moller Pipe Organ in a program of some of the great composers of music. You will hear all the ranges of color in the organ, from the beautiful flutes and strings to the triumphant, brassy pipes known as the “reeds.” Jeff is celebrating his 10 years of ministry at CLUMC, where he began as Director of Music and Organist in October 1998. Join us!

Sunday, December 7
Rob Landes Trio - A Jazz Glorious Christmas
7pm, Sanctuary
The Rob Landes Trio joins the Choir of Clear Lake UMC in a performance of Rob's "Jazz Gloria." The evening's festivities will also include many of your Christmas favorites. The RLT is excited to be performing with this outstanding choir. Don't miss it!

Saturday, December 20
Gulf Coast Concert Band
7pm, Sanctuary
On Saturday, December 20 at 7pm, the Gulf Coast Concert Band will be providing a marvelous evening of Christmas music for our enjoyment. This band is noted for performing some of the finest music written for concert band. They have outstanding soloists that add to their universal appeal. The “Sounds of Christmas” will include compositions that will excite and delight all ages. Classical Christmas tunes and audience participation heighten the joy of the experience.

2009

Sunday, February 8
Synergy Brass
7pm, Sanctuary

Thursday, March 26
Gospel of John
7pm, Sanctuary

April 17-19
A Reunion for the Music Ministry in 2009
This will be a significant weekend for our church. The Sanctuary Choir will host a reunion of all former Sanctuary Choir directors and CLUMC organists. We have commitments from Alice Coker, Cindy Wright, Raymond Campbell, Joseph Painter and John Brasher. We will also be inviting all former choir members to join us for the weekend event. Our church has been blessed with excellent leadership in the past, and we are grateful to God for their service, dedication and vision. This will be a time to celebrate the past and look forward to the future as we make music for the Lord throughout the weekend of April 17-19, 2009! If any of you have contact information for others who have served as choir director or organist, please contact the Music Office at 281-488-5111, x116 or e-mail jeff@clearlakemethodist.org.

September 11-13, 2009
8th Annual Meet the Composer Weekend

featuring Dr. Robert Ray

Dr. Robert Ray is a composer and conductor, and is currently professor of music and coordinator of keyboard studies at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He is also director of the University Community Chorus. He was educated in the St. Louis public school system and studied at Northwestern University, were he earned a B.M. degree. As a pianist, he has performed as a soloist with the Seoul Philharmonic and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony. Additionally, he has served as accompanist to Robert McFerrin and the late William Warfield. In demand as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor, he leads the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and their Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus annually in A Gospel Christmas concert. In addition to his Gospel Mass, he is composer of He Never Failed Me Yet. Most recently he was commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony to write a new work, Psalms, and has just released his Gospel Magnificat. All works are published by Hal Leonard.

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