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Updated:
09/24/2007
Web Site
Information:
Changes to the Music
Ministry Web Site
are in
progress. Some Links may not be
activated at this time. Please be
patient as we make changes. If
you have any questions please
send to:
Admin@StAnthonyBristolCT.com
Messages:
Adult
Choir:
Rehearsal Schedule
Music Selections:
TBA for October
Cantor Schedule
Children's
Choir:
Funds,
Memorials & Wish List:
Funds & Memorials
Wish List
Announcements:
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Fr. Al
announced Mr. John Neil Konwerski as our new Music Director.
We welcome John to our Parish Family. If you need to
contact John, please contact him through the Rectory Office at
583-1349.
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We
are looking for more voices to join our Adult Music Ministry!!
Please consider joining us.
The Choir sings at the 10:30 AM Sunday Mass.
Policies &
Procedures:
Up-Coming Events:
Contacts:
To discuss your interest in music
ministry, please contact the Rectory Office.
Our Music Ministry
Photo Albums
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In accordance with the guidelines and
procedures for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford as prescribed in
Sacred Music
Handbook, musicians minister to the assembly of believers by providing music of prayer
which, avoiding dominance, serves to:
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solemnize the liturgy by enhancing the
meaning and nature of each part of the liturgy,
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increase the effectiveness of texts,
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enhance the liturgical celebrations with
beauty,
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edify the participants and help them
express their unity,
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assist the assembled believers to express,
celebrate, and share the gift of faith.
Under the direction of the Director of
Music, music is selected which is technically, aesthetically, and expressively good, and
supports the nature and structure of the liturgy. It also enables the community to
individually and collectively express their faith. Instrumentalists, cantors and
choir members train in the areas of performance, music theory, and liturgy to
lead in the
ministry of musical prayer. They preserve and cultivate a unique heritage while
celebrating the present. They encourage, lead, reinforce and enrich the active and
enthusiastic participation of the congregation in the singing of the congregation's own
parts.
By proper preparation and performance of
their liturgical role, music ministries not only enhance the beauty of the celebration,
but bring spiritual benefits to themselves. A great spiritual resource is gained in
study of scripture in music, and a group of believers share their talents in praising God,
the Creator and Giver of all gifts.
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St. Anthony Church
Organ History
Original 1940
Organ Specifications
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The Austin
organ is deeply rooted in the creative
resourcefulness of John Turnell Austin. An
Englishman who came to America in 1889, Mr. Austin
first worked for Farand and Votey, where he
developed his famous Universal Air Chest system. At
a time when electro-pneumatic actions could be more
troublesome than helpful, the Universal Chest was an
enormous breakthrough. It was a large, air-tight,
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chest could be entered with the wind on, all
adjustments and maintenance were easily
accomplished. The first Austin-patent organs were
built at the Clough & Warren factory in 1893, and
Mr. Austin established his own company in Hartford
in 1899. Austin organs have been built at this
Woodland Street location ever since. By 1910, the
Austin Organ Company was recognized as a leader in
the field, helped by the extraordinary reliability
of the Universal Chest. Organs from the 1890s are
still in use today, because Mr. Austin's design has
proven so reliable that the mechanism rarely
requires maintenance and is extremely long-lived. |
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A
tour through the Austin factory is an object lesson
in the mechanical ingenuity of John T. Austin. He
not only developed unique organ actions, but
fantastic machines which helped to build them. His
designs have proven timeless; while taking advantage
of modern materials, a new Austin is still fashioned
on the same principles developed more than a century
ago.
(Information
as stated from Austin Organ, Inc.) |
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