Westminster Presbyterian Church seeks a Praise Band
Director to direct all music activity at its 9 a.m. contemporary
worship service each Sunday. Skills include singing and playing
an instrument. Candidate must have a vibrant faith along with
experience singing, playing an instrument (preferably piano) and
directing singers and musicians in worship. This is a part-time
position, up to 10 hours a week. Salary commensurate with
experience. Please send resume to Pastor Wes Nordman at
pastor@wesminsac.org
MusicAtNoon concert series will re-start on Sept. 15th.
Vaccinated and unvaccinated attendees are required to wear masks
and social-distancing is recommended. For the live-stream link,
go HERE.
Please help support our artists by dropping donations into the
entry donation containers, or by sending a check to Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California 95814
(memo: “MAN”). Alternately, you can
donate through our website.
Sacramento California’s Music At Noon concert
series is designed for local artists, and it is meeting the needs
of those who desire beauty and tranquility in the middle of their
day. It is also meeting the needs of our local musicians who
desire to communicate their art to the community. Since 2002,
thousands of music lovers have entered Westminster’s peaceful,
Byzantine-Romanesque sanctuary to hear a wide variety of
inspiring music. These free Wednesday noon concerts include
classics, jazz, pops, silent films with pipe
organ accompaniment, Broadway, opera, folk, USAF ensembles,
world-music, and more. Artists include pianists, singers, chamber
musicians, choirs, organists, string players, brass & woodwind
players, guitarists, and more. So bring a friend and a bag lunch
and see why M.A.N. is “the biggest kept secret in Midtown.”
Your Music At Noon donations help to sustain a concert series
that has become a source of joy and refreshment in the lives of
many appreciative attendees. You may donate online at
www.MusicAtNoon.org (please memo “M.A.N.” at bottom of page) or
make checks payable to Westminster Presbyterian Church (memo:
“M.A.N.”) and mail to Westminster Church, 1300 N Street,
Sacramento, California, 95814. More than 95% of your
donations are used for artist honorariums. Thank you for
your support. Please let your friends know what they are
missing!
RSVP is a unique and versatile vocal ensemble whose mission is to
bring people together through the arts and give back to the
community. They donate 100% of concert their proceeds to
charities with whom they partner. Learn more about RSVP on their
website.
Pianist, Gregory Thompson is known for his work as a Solo and
Collaborative artist in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Of his
Carnegie Hall debut, the NY Times praised his “intuitive
playing”, and his ability to “make a melodic line sing and
inflect it with delicate rubato effects.” (NY Times)
The guitar is a wonderful thing. It plays well with others and it
can stand alone. Doug’s solo guitar playing is based in the
fingerstyle jazz tradition but it has been further refined and
tweaked by the requirements of his inventive arrangements of
jazz, pop and latin tunes.
Annamarie Arai received her B.A. in violin performance from
UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and her Master of Music from
the San Francisco Conservatory. A native of Sacramento,
Ms. Arai enjoys creating music with ensembles of diverse
backgrounds and sizes. She currently performs with One Found
Sound, a conductor-less chamber orchestra in San Francisco, often
serving in principal roles. Annamarie has developed a
passion for teaching and sharing musical ideas with players of
various skill levels.
TINGYUAN obtained the Master of Music degree of solo piano
performance from the University of Southern California, with the
instruction from the legendary pianist Daniel Pollack.
She has taught in music schools in China and U.S.
Brad Slocum is a native Californian, a Magna Cum Laude music
graduate of San Francisco State University, and a published
choral arranger. He relocated to Sacramento in 2002 after
retiring from the De Anza College Music Department in Cupertino
where he was Staff Accompanist, Director of The De Anza Chorale,
and Voice Coach and Instructor for 17 years.
Currently, Brad is Organist at Westminster Presbyterian Church,
and Program Director for Westminster’s popular Wednesday
Music At Noon concert series.
