Music at Christ Church
Corporate worship lies at the heart of Christ Church’s spiritual life, and music plays an important role in almost all of the worship services that we offer. It is the mission of Christ Church’s music ministry to aid the congregation in offering up praises to God, as well to provide opportunities for those with particular musical talent to make their own special offering.
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Meet the Music Team
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Director of musicAlex has served as Director of Music at Christ Church since 2021, where he directs the adult and children’s choirs, the bell choir, and plays organ for Sunday morning services. He is also the co-director of the chamber group Ars Memoria, which specializes in musical performances with emphasis on historical and social contexts.
Active as a soloist and as a collaborative musician, Alex’s past performances have included recitals on historic organs in Virginia and Pennsylvania; collaborative recitals at James Madison University, in Boston, and in Charlottesville; and the world premiere, with orchestra, of Florence Price’s cantata Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight.
Alex has received degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano from Shenandoah Conservatory and Longy School of Music. He is a Choir Master (ChM) and Colleague (CAGO) of the American Guild of Organists, and serves on the board of the Charlottesville-Albemarle chapter of the Guild. He and his wife Shannon enjoy making music together, and love to spend their non-musical time with their cat, reading, and doing historical reenactment.
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Music MinisterPaul loves writing songs for the church to sing. He also enjoys cooking, team sports, and audiobooks. Paul and his wife Lindsay have been married for 15 years and have 4 wonderful children.
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