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Dedication Concert for St. Stephen’s Steinway piano
Saturday, May 17, 4:00 pm
St. Stephen’s will present four noted Middlebury musicians at a concert on May 17 at 4 pm, when we will dedicate the beautiful 1940 Steinway Model AIII parlor grand, given to the church in memory of Charles Kreiser by Thomas Turley. The church is most fortunate to have an instrument of this quality, and we hope you will join us to celebrate the occasion. Diana Fanning has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, both as a solo performer and as a chamber musician. She will play Ravel’s Sonatine and will also perform César Franck’s Prelude, Fugue and Variation in the duet version for organ and piano along with Emory Fanning, Professor Emeritus of Music at Middlebury College. Rebecca Mitchell, an Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College, is also a gifted performer with degrees in both history and music. She will play music by Medtner and Scriabin, and will also collaborate with St. Stephen’s Director of Music, Robert Ludwig, for the Schubert f-minor Fantasie for four-hand piano. Ludwig will round out the program with pieces by Domenico Scarlatti. The public is cordially invited, and there is no admission charge.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Presents Concert of Choral Music
Friday, May 30, 7:30 pm
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum will present a free concert of choral music at St. Stephens as the first stop on their tour of the U.S. and Canada. The program will include works by Bach and Schütz, along with a wonderful cantata based on chapter one of Genesis called “In the Beginning” by Aaron Copland, first premiered at Harvard in 1947. Another major work will be “Come to the Woods” by Jake Runestad. This piece explores the inspiration and the transporting peace found in the natural world using a collage of fragments from the writing of famed naturalist John Muir. Contemporary pieces by student composers will round out the program. No tickets are required.
St. Stephen’s is a generous, loving and active community of faith seeking ever deeper ways to live out our faith in Jesus and to share God’s light in the world. We live our faith joyously in worship, in learning, and in service; caring for each other, for our community, and for our 198 year-old church in the heart of Middlebury.
We are an inclusive congregation that welcomes diversity and celebrates difference as part of God’s creation.
Our Mission
To be an inclusive community awake to God in worship, learning, and service.
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Our Worship Schedule
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Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday Godly Play
Wednesday Noonday Eucharist
Thursday Meditation
Saturday Compline
The town of Middlebury lies at the eastern edge of the Champlain Valley, at the foot of the Green Mountains. It is home to Middlebury College, businesses large and small, and all the services of a shire town.
Addison County is a hub for biking, skiing, hiking, and other outdoor pleasures. Culturally, we have the College and all its offerings as well as Middlebury’s Town Hall Theatre and other smaller community events. We have a year-round farmers’ market and in the surrounding area, several CSAs. St. Stephen’s is deeply integrated into this life, but its reach goes beyond even Addison County. Parishioners drive as much as 30 miles to be part of a parish community that has a deeply spiritual life and an active social justice mission.
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