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St. Paul's Concert Series

Concerts and recitals are a vital part of our music ministry. These include organ recitals, choral concerts, small ensemble, and solo artists. The St. Paul's Concert Series committee offers these concerts as an artistic outreach to the community. Most concerts and recitals are ticketed events or an asking for donations at the door.



Canzona: A recital of arias and German chamber music

Canzona: A recital of arias and German chamber music

05Feb
Sunday, Feb 05, 2023, 4:00 PM
Soprano stylist, Katy Williams is joined by cello, violin and organ in an afternoon of German chamber music in repertoire from Bach to Mozart. Tickets are $20. Purchase tickets in advance ...
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Things We Share

Things We Share

05Mar
Sunday, Mar 05, 2023, 4:00 PM
Recital of African American Spirituals - songs sung from common experiences that affect all of us. Orchestrated and sung by Kenneth Stockard and accompanied on piano by Lucas Bowman.
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Choral Masterworks Concert

Choral Masterworks Concert

28Mar
Tuesday, Mar 28, 2023, 7:30 PM
Ethan LaPlaca conducts the outstanding Mt. Lebanon High School choirs in a complete classical choral masterwork.
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Wilderness Cantata World Premiere

Wilderness Cantata World Premiere

19May
Friday, May 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Composed by Doug Starr, our Director of Music and Arts, this three-movement work features three soloists, small orchestra, and St. Paul’s Choir in settings of “wilderness texts” from Hosea, Kings I and the Book of Job.
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Douglas P. Starr, DMA
Director of Music and Arts
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Bob Melvin
Youth Minister and Director of 8:45 Music
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Douglas P. Starr, DMA

Director of Music and Arts
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Douglas Starr, D.M.A., is Director of Music and Arts. He supervises musical ministry and artistic outreach. Doug conducts the Chancel Choir and oversees the Friends of Music Guild Concert Series. He is an organ recitalist, a bass soloist, a voice teacher, and an active composer of sacred and secular choral music published with Beckenhorst, Lawson-Gould, and G.I.A. Along with his wife Annette, many of his compositions can be found on their website, TierneyStarrmusic.com. Recently, St. Paul’s was the site for the premiere of his “All Saints Requiem” for choir, soloists, and organ.

Having served in Episcopal Church Music since 1974, twenty-nine of those years have been with Saint Paul's: Mt. Vernon, Ohio (74-78); Louisville, KY (87-92); and here in Pittsburgh since 1993. "Perhaps this poetically represents the fact that St. Paul is my favorite apostle," he notes, "but more to the fact that these parishes are blessed with rich musical traditions, and I have had the honor to further those parish traditions."

On a personal note, “My musical life is a synergetic blend of and affection for 19th century and early 20th century American gospel hymnody (that no church really sings any longer) and the treasure of sacred music from Bach to Ives.”

A graduate of The Ohio State University with degrees in vocal performance and theory/composition, Douglas also currently teaches part-time at Penn State University and has taught at Westminster College, Kenyon College and Central Michigan University and served as director of choral activities at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a University Fellow while at Ohio State, a Mellon Fellow at Vanderbilt University in 1983 and an American Council on Education Fellow in 1988.

Watch Doug play “Sarabande for the Morning of Easter” by Herbert Howells


Bob Melvin

Youth Minister and Director of 8:45 Music
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Bob joined the St. Paul’s staff in August 2021, bringing a deep love of both music and community to his roles, and having spent most of his adult life in the neighborhoods where those streets intersect. He has a degree in journalism from Penn State University–where he met his future wife when she arrived for graduate school and he, after graduation, had decided to stay and start a band–and has spent time as a writer, musician, and stay-at-home dad.

Bob lives in Dormont with his wife Karen and his sons Elijah and Jack, and they have joyfully attended St. Paul’s since 2014.

Music St. Paul's Concert Series The Sam and Diana Harbison Choral Scholars Artists in Residence Music for Youth

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Sunday at 10:45 a.m. on Facebook Live

Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. on Facebook Live

Sundays and Saturdays

  • Saturday, 6pm*, Church, no music
  • Sunday, 8am, Chapel, no music
  • Sunday, 8:45am with contemporary music led by worship band
  • Sunday, 10:45am, with Chancel Choir and Organ

*Saturday 6PM service moves locations throughout the year. Spring and Fall, Old St. Luke's, Scott Township; Winter, St. Paul's Sanctuary; Summer, outside in St. Margaret's Garden.

Wednesdays

  • 11 a.m. in the church, short service with music

COVID19 Worship Guidelines

  • Masks are optional unless otherwise specified by a church ministry, event, or group. We support each person’s masking decisions.
  • We will continue not to physically share the peace.

Summer Worship (Memorial Day through Labor Day)

  • Saturday, 6pm, In St. Margaret's Garden (Rain location: Sanctuary)
  • Sunday, 8am, Chapel, no music
  • Sunday, 9:45am, Sanctuary, with music

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