Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church

Variety of musical styles is a hallmark of Saint Gregory’s. We intentionally present pieces from an range of eras and styles in every service.  We sing English Renaissance music, Anglican chant, Russian Orthodox music, American Spirituals, and much more. Early American “shape-note” pieces figure prominently along with South African freedom songs, as well as 20th century English and American a cappella anthems. Most importantly, we have a tradition of fostering original compositions from members of our community. Currently we have seven active composers producing new works for congregational singing as well as choir anthems. Seventeen original anthems are collected on the choir’s CD, The Harmony of That Motion, and some of our congregational pieces can be heard on the companion CD to our songbook, Music for Liturgy.