Sunday Services at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. · Details

  435 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308  ·   404-873-7600  ·         Give

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  • Welcome
    • Visiting
    • Find Us
    • Leadership
    • Becoming a Member
    • History of St. Luke's
    • Calendar
  • Worship
    • Sundays
    • Streaming Online
    • Sermons
    • Baptisms
    • Confirmation
    • Weddings
    • Funerals
  • Music
    • Adult Choirs
    • Children and Youth Choirs
    • Music at St. Luke's Series
    • The Alston Organ
    • The Bell Tower
  • Serve
    • Community Ministries (Outreach)
    • Serve at St. Luke's
    • Campus of Miracles
  • Connect
    • Children, Youth and Families
    • Pastoral Care
    • Parish Life
    • Registration and Sign Ups
    • Newsletters
    • Contact
  • Learn
    • Youth
    • Children
    • Adults
    • Recordings
    • Parish Library
    • Stained Glass Tours
  • Give
    • Prepare Ye the Way II
    • Planned Giving
    • The Good Shepherd Society
    • Memorial Gifts

Music at St. Luke's Series

Calendar of Events
2022-2023





September 11, 2022

oliver-brett-staff_821

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

Oliver Brett, organist

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong sung by the Adult Choir

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.



October 13 & 14, 2022 7:30 p.m.

César Franck: The Complete Works for Organ

scott-dettra_920

Scott Dettra, organist

Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.





October 16, 2022 (Feast of St. Luke)

frederick-teardo_326

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

Frederick Teardo, organist

Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, AL

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Luke

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.



November 12-13, 2022

St. Luke’s Chorister Festival

bruceneswick_914

Bruce Neswick, Festival Music Director

Matthew Brown and Caroline Robinson, Festival Organists

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.




November 27, 2022, 4 p.m. (Voluntary begins at 3:45 p.m.)

Advent Lessons and Carols

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.


December 2, 2022, 12 p.m.

Lunchtime Live!

ardan-e0156bbcb5_417

Laura Arden, clarinetist

Matthew Michael Brown, pianist

A luncheon follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall. $15 suggested contribution.




December 4, 2022, 7 p.m.

47th Annual Messiah Sing-A-Long

singalongsingers_515

with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Benefitting Atlanta Community Food Bank

Clinton Smith, conductor

Georgia Jarman, soprano

Sarah Larsen, mezzo soprano

Sam Hagan, tenor

Kevin Burdette, bass

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.




December 9, 2022, 12 p.m.

Lunchtime Live!

daniel-cherrix_902Daniel Cherrix, organist

Associate Organist at St. Luke’s 1993-2001

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Salisbury, MD

A luncheon follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall. $15 suggested contribution.





December 11, 2022

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

kathe-wright-kaufman-2_412

Käthe Wright Kauffman, organist

Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

4 p.m. Choral Evensong with the Choristers of Canterbury Court

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.






December 16, 2022, 12 p.m.

Lunchtime Live!

amethyst-baroque-ensemble_400

Amethyst Baroque Ensemble

A luncheon follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall. $15 suggested contribution.





January 15, 2023

nicole-marane_883:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

Nicole Marane, organist

Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

4 p.m. Choral Evensong

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall



February 12, 2023

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

george-fergus_167

George Fergus, organist

Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA

4 p.m. Choral Evensong

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.



March 12, 2023

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

Kevin Kwan, organist

Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, VA

4 p.m. Choral Evensong for Lent

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.


April 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

3rd Annual Concert for a Cause benefitting The Boyce L. Ansley School

the-string-queens_312

The String Queens

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.





May 7, 2023

choristers_242

2nd Annual Chorister Recognition Ceremony

St. Luke’s Choristers are honored for their commitment and musical growth throughout the past year.





May 21, 2023

3:15 p.m. Pre-Evensong Recital

paul-thomas_289

Paul Thomas, organist

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN

4 p.m. Festival Choral Evensong

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.



June 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta Summer Organ Festival

rudy-devos_500

Rudy DeVos, organist

Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA

A reception follows in J. Coleman Budd Hall.

Share this page: Music at St. Luke's Series

Leadership

Matthew Brown
Director of Music
404-873-7620 
Colleen Kingston
Associate Director of Children and Youth Choirs

Matthew Brown

Director of Music
404-873-7620 |

Matthew was appointed Director of Music at St. Luke’s in February, 2020. At St. Luke’s, he oversees a comprehensive sacred music program and is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Music at St. Luke’s series.

He has concertized throughout the USA and abroad, and several performances have been heard in radio broadcasts of American Public Media’s Pipe Dreams and the nationally syndicated program, With Heart and Voice. As a concert artist, he has performed in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London; Barcelona Cathedral, Spain; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Washington National Cathedral; Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York; Princeton University Chapel; Assembly Hall of the Mormon Tabernacle; Trinity Church on Copley Square, Boston; Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta; Grace Cathedral, Charleston; and Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville. He has premiered works by prominent North Carolina composers, Kenneth Frazelle and Dan Locklair, and facilitated commissions from Barlow Bradford, David Hurd, Simon Lole, Ned Rorem, and Richard Webster.

He earned degrees in organ performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Eastman School of Music. He also holds the Sacred Music Diploma from Eastman's Institute of Music Leadership. As a grant recipient from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and The Robert Carwithen Foundation, he pursued two years of post-graduate organ studies with Dame Gillian Weir. Other major teachers include David Higgs, Jack Mitchener, and Wayne Leupold. Earlier in his career, he benefited from master classes with Marie-Claire Alain, Michel Bouvard, David Craighead, and Ewald Kooiman.

He is a member of the Anglican Association of Musicians, American Guild of Organists, and the American Choral Director’s Association. He currently serves on the committee for the Atlanta AGO Taylor Organ Competition and chairs the Nominating Committee for the AGO Southeast Region. Each summer, he manages the Royal School of Church Music in America’s Carolina Course at Duke University.

Colleen Kingston

Associate Director of Children and Youth Choirs
Colleen is the Associate Director of Children and Youth Choirs at St. Luke's. She has served St. Luke’s since 1999, first as a Staff Singer and then as Assistant for Children’s Music beginning in January 2003. Colleen is also a music teacher at Hope-Hill Elementary, part of Atlanta Public Schools. Prior to APS, she taught in the DeKalb and Gwinnett school systems starting in 1997. Colleen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Emory University and a Master of Music from the University of West Georgia. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the Georgia Music educators Association. In addition to singing in the adult choirs at St. Luke’s, Colleen has enjoyed singing in several professional choirs throughout Atlanta, including The Britten Choir and Atlanta Singers. She also performed many years in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the baton of the late Robert Shaw.


Music Adult Choir Children and Youth Choirs Music at St. Luke's Series Lunchtime LIVE! An Advent Series St. Luke's Instruments The Bell Tower

Special Music for Pride Sunday

The music for Pride Sunday, October 10, will inclu...

Read More »

Watch live online this Sunday

St. Luke's Director of Music Matthew Brown will be featu...

Read More »

Music 2021-22

Following the success of our first season, Music at St. ...

Read More »

Lunchtime Live! Celebrates Mary

Lunchtime Live! concludes at noon this Friday, December ...

Read More »

Atlanta Chamber Brass

Lunchtime Live! continues this Friday, December 11 welco...

Read More »

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA

435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

Tel: 404-873-7600

  View Entire Post

Service Times

Summer Sunday's at St. Luke's - June 5 through July 31

  • 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist - Rite I
  • 10 a.m. Family Worship Service - Rite II with organ, St. Luke's Summer Choir and congregational singing (in person and live online)

Bookmark stlukesatlanta.org/live/ for live services, bulletins and updates.

St. Luke's Live


Location

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

Contact Us
404-873-7600

Newsletter Signup

Prepare Ye The Way II is a campaign to ensure that St. Luke's well positioned to grow and continue to meet the needs of the community we serve. Learn more about the campaign here. Please use the button below to make a pledge in support of Prepare Ye The Way II.

Pledge Now Give Now