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
Good news! Starting Feb. 2, 2022, the MusicAtNoon concert series
will, once again, open its doors to the public. Attendees will be
required to wear a mask and to socially distance. Concerts will
continue to be livestreamed. For the live-stream link, go
HERE.
To help support our talented artists, you can donate directly to
M.A.N., HERE.
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. Alternately, you can
donate through our website HERE,
or by dropping donations into the entry
donation containers at Westminster. Thank you for your
support. Please tell your friends about MusicAtNoon.
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.
Piano Concert performed by pianist Ting Luo, presented by
New Arts Collaboration, featuring piano compositions including
two world premieres by living composers.
TING LUO 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 United
States.
