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In Excelsis Concert Series | 2025-26 Season
The Music Ministries of St. George’s and the Friends of Music Committee are pleased to announce the 2025-26 In Excelsis Concert Series. In addition to hosting beloved returning performers, we are especially delighted to welcome two world-renowned choral groups from the UK: Polyphony and the Choir of Westminster Abbey. The Choir & Choristers of St. George's will also continue to offer their regular worship services, including Choral Evensong and Compline.
Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 5:00pm | Special Choral Evensong & Organ Concert with Dr. Fred Teardo
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00pm | Polyphony with Stephen Layton, Director
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 6:00pm | All Saints Evening Service
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 6:00pm | A Service of Nine Lessons & Carols
Friday, January 23, 2026 at Noon | Mozart Birthday Concert with Roger Wiesmeyer
Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 6:00pm | Dueling Organists: Round 2 with Woosug Kang & Gerry Senechal
Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 6:00pm | Westminster Abbey Choir with Andrew Nethsingha, Director
Dedicated to bringing high-caliber offerings to the greater Nashville area, the In Excelsis Concert Series at St. George's provides diverse, unique, and sacred musical listening opportunities to our community. These concerts and services are free, non-ticketed, and open to the public. Thanks to our generous donors each season, we share our offerings to the community free of charge and welcome additional donations at the door.
St. George's Choirs
St. George's Choir is our adult ensemble that leads traditional Sunday services in the Nave, as well as choral evensongs, special services, and concerts throughout the year. The choir is comprised of both professional singers and dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to bring high-quality music and leadership to the worship experience at St. George’s.
The Choristers of St. George's (grades 3–12) use the curriculum from the Royal School of Church Music and learn music in a friendly community environment. Choristers sing regularly during Sunday morning services, choral evensong, and special concerts with our adult choir. They also participate with the adults in choral residencies. Click here to register for the 2025-26 program year.
St. Dunstan's Choir (grades K–2) is for our youngest singers, and it gives children an education in singing technique, basic musical knowledge, and the role that music has in the larger context of worship. St. Dunstan’s prepares students to sing with the Choristers of St. George’s when they reach 3rd grade. Click here to register for the 2025-26 program year.
For more information about any of our choirs, please contact Dr. Woosug Kang at 615-385-2150 x 254 or woosug.kang@stgeorgesnashville.org.
Music at The Table
While traditional worship shows God’s transcendence and majesty, our modern service called The Table demonstrates God as our friend and shepherd. Music at The Table is led by Becca Yamaguchi and other musicians, who lead the congregation in singing both traditional hymns as well modern songs. This service, which is filled with elements of our Anglican tradition, offers a special way for those new to the faith to experience worship at St. George's.
Commitment to Tradition
Educating a New Generation of Church Musicians
Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) | The Choristers of St. George's are deeply engaged with the RSCM curriculm, which provides an advanced course of study of music and liturgy. At the end of each school year, the choristers test their knowledge and skills, receiving awards to celebrate their advancement.
St. George's Mass | Composed especially for the parishioners of St. George’s by the Director of Music Ministries, Dr. Woosug Kang, St. George's Mass celebrates the 75th anniversary of our parish.
Choral Scholars | Choral scholars are young singers from area universities who become a vital part of St. George’s Choir. In addition to receiving a scholarship, choral scholars study the Anglican church music tradition alongside our staff and volunteer singers during the academic year.
Organ Scholars | Organ Scholars are students or early-career musicians given the opportunity to develop their skills as a professional organist and music minister within the Anglican church music tradition at a large, active Episcopal parish. During the program year, they participate in the daily life of St. George's, play the organ for a variety of worship services, assist with the adult choir and chorister programs, and present a solo recital program, as well as receive organ lessons and professional mentorship from our Director of Music Ministries.
Canterbury Residency
July 2023
The following testomial is excerpted from The Shield published in December 2023.
The Choir & Choristers of St. George’s were invited to serve as Choir-in-Residence at Canterbury Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the worldwide Anglican church. In addition to the work of leading daily evensong and Sunday services, we participated in special excursions which included Dover Castle, Leeds Castle, Windsor Castle, and the Historic Dockyard Chatham.
Being able to wake up to the cathedral outside our window, hear the bells practiced in the afternoon, and returning to the hushed grounds every night felt sacred in and of itself. We feel blessed to have made a spiritual pilgrimage together to Canterbury Cathedral—much as others did while we were there and countless others did before us.
— Claudia & Don Padfield
Featured Articles
Kateri Andress Named 2024-25 Pogorzelski-Yankee Organ Scholar with the American Guild of Organists (March 2024) | Press Release
Cover Feature on Buzard Opus 48 (December 2023) | The American Organist
Finding a Voice (August 2023) | The Living Church
Abraham Wallace Awarded 2023-24 Association of Anglican Musicians Organ Internship (April 2023) | Press Release
Going Forward with Choristers (September 2021) | The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians.