Sunday, April 26th at 4:30 pm, St Michael’s Church will present an organ recital featuring Raymond Hawkins, followed by an Evensong Service (5:30 pm) directed by Christopher Wells.
Raymond currently serves as Director of Music & Organist at Christ Church of Hamilton & Wenham, where he oversees choral and organ music for celebrations of the Holy Eucharist as well as a variety of other sacred occasions. Prior to his appointment at Christ Church, Raymond served 5 years as Director of Music & Organist at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
Raymond began his career in church music at the age of fourteen as organist at the First Baptist Church of Holly Hill, South Carolina. While studying in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he served as music intern at Augsburg Lutheran Church and subsequently as organist at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church.
Since beginning his musical training at age ten, Raymond Hawkins has honed his skill at the organ through a active career in both solo performance and sacred music. As a performer, Raymond has given recitals at venues across the United States, including the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco and AdolphusBusch Hall at Harvard University. His performance at the 2015 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina was praised in The American Organist as being “superbly played and registered.” Raymond will perform:
"Allegro moderato" from Sonata in E-flat..................Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
"Scherzetto" from Vingt-quatre pièces en style libre....Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Symphony No. 6..............................................Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
II. Adagio
V. Final
During Evensong, Christopher Wells will conduct St. Michael’s Choir singing Dyson’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C minor and Purcell’s Evening Hymn.