Current music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Jan. 20 – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Prelude: Fanfare for Bells (Mary McCleary, b.1924)
Anthem: The Lord’s My Shepherd (arr. John Carter, b.1930)


Jan. 27 – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Chancel Choir
Introit: To God with the Lamb and the Dove (Sacred Harp, 1844)
Anthem: The Prayers I Make (Jane Marshall, b.1924)


Feb. 3 – 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Junior Choir & Chancel Choir
Introit: Prayer of a Russian Saint (Kevin Dill)
Anthem: The Gift to be Simple (arr. Dale Wood, b.1934)


Feb. 10 – The Transfiguration of the Lord
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: He’s the Lily of the Valley (arr. Alice Parker, b.1925)
Offertory: Jubilation (William Melton, b.1940)


Feb. 13 – Ash Wednesday Communion Service (6:00 PM)
Junior Choir
Anthem: A Lenten Prayer (Robert Powell, b.1932)


Feb. 17 – 1st Sunday in Lent
Chancel Choir
Introit: A Lent Prose (plainsong, mode V)
Kyrie Eleison: Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785-1858)
Anthem: Bow Down Thine Ear, O Lord (John Bishop, 1665-1737)
Communion: Adoro Te Devote (versets from an anon. manuscript, 1598)

Christmas Organ Recital

Organ Music for Christmas
Tuesday, December 18, 11:45 AM
Kevin Dill, organist
on the 2500-pipe Schlicker organ (built 1972)

Near Carillon on a Ukranian Carol
Bach (arr. Gower) Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
Daquin Noel (Grand Jeu et Duo)
Guilmant Offertoire sur Deux Noels
Willcocks Postlude on 'Mendelssohn'

Presented as part of First Presbyterian's 'Lunch At First' series.
Admission to the recital is free, with a $5 lunch available afterwards.

Advent Lessons & Carols

An Advent Service of Lessons and Carols

The combined choirs and handbells
of First Presbyterian Church
Sunday, December 9, 11:00 AM

Ireland Adam Lay Ybounden
Bengtson Behold My Servant
arr. Hopson Advent Carol
arr. Lahme Maria Walks Amid the Thorn
Bedard Postlude in D

Choral Vespers for All Saints Day

Choral Vespers for All Saints Day
an evening service of scripture, music, and prayer

Thursday, November 1, 7:30 PM

The Allegheny College Office of Spiritual & Religious Life
Rev. Jane Ellen Nickell, college chaplain
The Chancel Choir of Meadville First Presbyterian Church
Kevin Dill, director of music

Ford Chapel, Allegheny College
520 North Main St, Meadville

Current music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Oct. 21 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost
Chancel Choir
Introit: O Worship the Lord (Hal Hopson, b.1933)
Anthem: I Will Arise (American traditional, arr. Robert Lehman, b. 1928)

Oct. 28 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost; Reformation Sunday
Chancel Choir
Introit: I Am Alpha and Omega (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Anthem: What Are These Arrayed In White Robes (John Stainer, 1840-1901)

Nov. 1 – Choral Vespers for All Saints Day (7:30 PM)
Sponsored by the Allegheny College Office of Spiritual & Religious Life
Ford Chapel, Allegheny College
Chancel Choir
Introit: I Am Alpha and Omega (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Psalm: Psalm 24 (arr. Kevin Dill)
Anthem: What Are These Arrayed In White Robes (John Stainer, 1840-1901)

Nov. 4 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Liberty Bells
Prelude: Celebration in C (Michael Keller, b.1952)
Offertory: O When the Saints Go Marching In (arr. B. Wayne Bisbee)

Nov. 11 – 24th Sunday after Pentecost
Junior Choir & Chancel Choir
Introit: Lord, for Thy Tender Mercies’ Sake (John Hilton, d.1608)
Anthem: Adonai Yimloch (Michael Braz, b.1943)

Nov. 18 – 25th Sunday after Pentecost; Presbyterian Women’s Thank Offering Sunday
Chancel Choir
Introit: Unto Him that Loved Us (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Anthem: Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord (John Bechler, 1784-1857)

Current music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Sept. 9 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Chancel Choir
Introit: Of The Father’s Love Begotten (plainsong, mode V)
Anthem: If God Be For Us (Clifford McCormick)

Sept. 16 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Chancel Choir
Introit: Christe Sanctorum (Paris Antiphoner, 1681)
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord (John Bishop, 1665-1737)

Sept. 23 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: Unto Thee, O Lord (Robert Powell, b.1932)
Offertory Interlude: Jubilate (Douglas Wagner, b.1943)

Sept. 30 – 18th Sunday after Pentecost
A combined service with the congregation of Stone Methodist Church celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Fairview-Fairmont Housing Corporation
Carillon Bell Choir of Stone Methodist Church; Chancel Choir
Introit: Oculi Omnium (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Motet: Nisi Dominus (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704)
Offertory: In Christ Alone (S. Townend & K. Getty, arr. Sandra Eithun)

Oct. 7 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost; World Communion Sunday
Music director on vacation

Oct. 14 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Introit: Come and Go With Me (Spiritual, arr. Alice Parker, b. 1925)
Offertory Interlude: Arioso (Mary McCleary)

universe of poetry

universe of poetry
celebrating the 40th anniversary of first presbyterian's 3-manual, 2500-pipe schlicker organ

kevin dill, organist
friday, september 14, 7:30 pm
free admission

program to include:
boely fantasie & fugue in b-flat
bach trio sonata #6
sweelinck variations on est-ce mars?
near variations on adoro te devote
tchaikovsky (arr. silver) scherzo from string quartet #1
vierne finale from organ symphony #1