Note from the arranger:
The music on this website is from the repertoire of the English Choir
of Saint John the Baptist Cathedral, Washington, DC. Although I
generally have a strong preference for chant-based music, in choosing
what music to make available on this website, I have decided to be
over-inclusive, including both our obikhod chant based repertoire, and
that which is more modern and freely composed. This decision has been
made in order to make more repertoire available in English, but I
strongly suggest that choirs stick to chant based repertoire for the
most part. Note that for many arrangements, I have changed the key
from the original, added or taken away voice parts, and even
re-written some sections of music completely where I felt it was
necessary to meet the needs of my choir. Also, in the interest of
making the music available more quickly, I have often left out dynamic
markings that were in the original. My sincere thanks to Mary Bauman
for her typesetting and editing efforts. I am happy to receive any
questions, suggestions, or requests at jaredbrewer@gmail.com.
With love in
Christ,
Jared Brewer
Biography
of Jared
Brewer
Jared
Brewer is the conductor of the English choir at Saint John the Baptist
Cathedral in Washington, DC. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Music
Performance from Northwestern University, and began his musical career
as a classical trumpet player, playing under the direction of such
conductors as Neemi Jarvi, and Sergiu Comissiona and collaborating
with Yo Yo Ma, Andre Watts, and Joseph Silverstein, among others.
Mr. Brewer has performed on the Garrison Keillor show and also played
a concert featured on the NPR program "Performance Today" at
the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. For the last five
years, he has focused on conducting and arranging Orthodox choral
music. Mr.Brewer’s first choir directing position was at Saint
Innocent Church in Carol Stream, Illinois, where he conducted for a
year and a half before moving to Washington, DC. He has also
conducted services at the Protection of the Mother of God Cathedral in
Des Plaines, Illinois, and conducts twice a month at Saint Nicholas
Cathedral (OCA) in Washington, DC.
Mr. Brewer has arranged hundreds of choral pieces for his
choir, including many works by Chesnokov, Gretchaninov, Rachmaninov
and Tchaikovsky.
