Advent II & the Acadia University Singers

​On December 10, the second Sunday of Advent, St John’s welcomed the Acadia Singers as guest choir, to offer three pieces from their repertoire suitable for Advent.  Two movements from “Méditations de la Vierge Marie” by Marie-Claire Sandon (L’annonce and Le secret de Dieu, words by Albert Lozier and Hélène Harbec, respectively) were sung after the sermon.  A third piece, a setting of the ancient words O Magnum Mysterium, in a new setting by B. E. Boykin, was presented as music during the offering.  Additionally, the Acadia Singers joined the St John’s choir for the hymns, canticle, and music for the lighting of the Advent candles.  Ella Burtt, a member of the Acadia Singers, also played her flute in a duet with Michelle Boyd on organ for both the prelude and postlude.  What a talented group of singers, and such music making!  We are indeed blessed to have the musicians of Acadia University on our doorstep, and Michelle Boyd as the liaison to the Faculty of Music.