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Liturgical Folk: Justin Brooks & Family Tour

For the past decade, Saint Michael Director of Contemporary Music, Justin Brooks, and his wife Tiffany have followed a calling to lead music and write liturgical songs for the Church that reflect the seasons of life, worship, and needs of their local congregations. This often manifests itself as the composition of sacred songs, settings of scripture, and reinterpreting traditional hymns and service music with faithful, yet new arrangements.

After recording three albums of such material, The Brooks met like-minded musicians and worship leaders Ryan and Melissa Flanigan (All Saints Dallas). With a similar desire for liturgical renewal by way of composing new songs and arrangements that speak to all generations of the Church, The Flanigans began a music project called “Liturgical Folk”. Its mission is to “make beautiful and believable sacred folk music for the sake of the world”. With two albums under their name (“Table Settings”, “Edenland”) and two more in production, Justin, Tiffany, and their children, Taylor and Grayson have joined them in this endeavor by presenting live concerts locally and on tour.

Hitting the road with both families in two minivans, Liturgical Folk has completed four U.S. tours where Tiffany provides lead and background vocals, Justin serves as a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, accordion, keyboards, percussion) and both the Brooks and Flanigan children sing as well. Tours are planned around the children’s school holidays/breaks so they may all be together. Liturgical Folk’s most recent tour was their “Gulf Coast Tour” which took them from Texas to Florida, performing five concerts in all.

A favorite venue for the group are house shows. These are concerts performed in someone’s home where 30-50 people are gathered (however, there were almost 100 at a house show this most recent tour!) Performing in a home lends itself to an intimate, yet comfortable environment that is conducive to the acoustic nature of the instruments and stories that are told. Of course, churches are the other venue in which they perform. As one of the goals of Liturgical Folk is to create an ecumenical worship experience, they have performed concerts at Anglican, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches with other denominations of the Christian faith interested in hosting the group. Stated on their website, “We are creating a cohesive network of like-minded churches and artists with the hope of inspiring and refreshing all saints wherever they may be on their journey and to resource the church with what we have discovered deep in its bones and prayer books.”

One of the statements often quoted by Liturgical Folk is that “There is an old song that has yet to be written.” It is that essence that Justin and Tiffany are excited to continue at Saint Michael as new songs are written for our congregation, and to extend that ministry outside of the parish walls.

Read this article and more in the September / October 2018 issue of Archangel.


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Music Staff

Jonathan Ryan
Director of Music & Organist
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Justin Brooks
Director of Contemporary Music
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Dr. Margaret (Meg) Harper
Associate Director of Music and Organist
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Philip Fillion
Assistant Director of Music & Organist
Monica Awbrey
Assistant Choirmaster

Jonathan Ryan

Director of Music & Organist
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www.jonathan-ryan.org

Jonathan Ryan began serving at Saint Michael and All Angels in September, 2017. At Saint Michael, he directs the Saint Michael Choir, oversees the founding and growth of a new boys and girls chorister program based on the Royal School of Church Music, established the professional Compline Choir, heads the Saint Michael Presents concert series, and oversees music for all traditional worship services.

Jonathan came to Saint Michael from one of the largest music programs in the national Episcopal Church at Christ Church in Greenwich CT. Among Christ Church’s nine choirs, he directed the adult choir in Choral Masses, Evensongs, Requiems, and concerts, regularly worked with the Choir of Men & Boys and Girls Choir, directed the Royal School of Church Music-based ribbon training program for choristers, oversaw the Choir Assistant program for youth to serve in assisting roles in the program, and assisted in choir tours and summer choir camps. He has previously held positions at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest IL, St. John Cantius Church in Chicago IL, St. Anne Church in Rochester NY, and served as Visiting Artist at St. James Cathedral in Chicago. Additionally, Jonathan has commissioned and conducted new choral works by composers such as multi-award winning American composer Zachary Wadsworth and renowned British composers Philip Moore and Colin Mawby.

Jonathan enjoys an international reputation as one of the premiere young American organists. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for his strong communicative skills in numerous styles, he holds exceptional distinction of six First Prize awards in major international and national organ competitions, most notably the 2009 Jordan II International Organ Competition. His solo concertizing has taken him to celebrated festivals, venues, and conventions throughout the United States and Europe, including St. Paul’s Cathedral in London (UK), the Nicolaikirche in Leipzig (Germany), the Cathédrale St-André in Bordeaux (France), international organ festivals in Zürich (Switzerland) and Hamburg (Germany), and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and Organ Historical Society. His recent performance projects include recitals of J.S. Bach’s monumental Clavier-Übung III in a tour on historically-based organs throughout the United States.

His released recordings include two solo organ recordings, the most recent of which, entitled Influences on the independent boutique label Acis, received the rare honor of nomination consideration for the 2017 GRAMMY awards. Jonathan’s solo recordings include commissions and recording premieres. He is also featured on multiple choral recordings from St. John Cantius Church in Chicago, IL.

Born into a musical family in Charlotte, NC, Jonathan first began playing the organ at age eight, and grew up singing as a treble boy chorister. He discovered a love for Anglican liturgy and music in high school, and previously lived in Texas while an undergraduate student at Baylor University. Jonathan then went on to earn degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music. His primary teachers include Joyce Jones, Todd Wilson, David Higgs, William Porter, and William Weinert. He also holds the Fellow (FAGO) and Choirmaster (ChM) professional certifications from the American Guild of Organists, for which he earned the 2006 Choirmaster Prize for the highest score nationally in the Choirmaster exam. He currently serves on the National Committee for Professional Certification for the American Guild of Organists.

Justin Brooks

Director of Contemporary Music
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www.justinphilipbrooks.com

For the past decade, Saint Michael Director of Contemporary Music, Justin Brooks, and his wife Tiffany have followed a calling to lead music and write liturgical songs for the Church that reflect the seasons of life, worship, and needs of their local congregations. This often manifests itself as the composition of sacred songs, settings of scripture, and reinterpreting traditional hymns and service music with faithful, yet new arrangements.

Excerpted from the September / October 2018 issue of Archangel. Read the full article here!

Dr. Margaret (Meg) Harper

Associate Director of Music and Organist
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Organist Margaret "Meg" Harper has performed across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Croatian newspaper Glas Slavonije writes, “The freezing cold of a January evening dominated the cathedral in Djakovo, but it could not diminish the richness and warmth of sound brought out of the cathedral organ by Margaret Harper.” Margaret has performed solo recitals at such prestigious venues as Harvard University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NYC), and St. Paul Cathedral (Pittsburgh).

Before coming to Saint Michael and All Angels, Margaret served as the Director of Music and Liturgy at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, NH, the largest Episcopal church in that state. In her time at St. John’s, Margaret oversaw a dramatic expansion of all aspects of the church’s music program. Under her direction, the church developed The Choir School at St. John’s, an after-school RSCM-based music program aimed at low-income youth. In its first three years, the Choir School has received several significant accolades, including the opportunity to premiere a newly commissioned work at the prestigious Newburyport Chamber Music Festival and an invitation to serve in residency at Bristol Cathedral in England.

In addition, Margaret has also served as Artist Faculty in Organ at the University of Southern Maine, on the faculty and board of the Young Organist Collaborative, and as a secondary instructor of organ at the Eastman School of Music. She has presented papers at national and regional conferences of organizations including the American Bach Society and the American Guild of Organists.

Margaret holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Her primary teachers include William Porter, David Higgs, Michel Bouvard, Edoardo Bellotti, and Edward Zimmerman. She is active in the Association of Anglican Musicians and served on the planning committee for that organization's 2019 conference in Boston. She has served in many leadership roles for the American Guild of Organists, most recently as District Convener for NH, ME, and VT.

Philip Fillion

Assistant Director of Music & Organist

Philip Fillion joined the Saint Michael Music staff as the Assistant Director of Music and Organist in August of 2020.

Philip comes to Saint Michael from St. Mary’s Church in Auburn, NY where he has served as Director of Music and Organist for 3 years. During his time at St. Mary’s, the adult choir’s size doubled, and served as choir director to youth in the Schola Cantorum of the church’s associated school, the Tyburn Academy. Previously, during his student days, he has served as Organist at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, as interim organist/choirmaster at Grace Church in Newark, NJ, and as Organist at St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton, IL.

A native of Rochester, NY, Philip grew up singing as a boy chorister, and first developed his love for church music from that singing experience. Having studied music at the Eastman Community Music School, he then earned a BM in organ performance from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, and a MM in organ and sacred music from Westminster Choir College.

Philip is married to Melody and they have a daughter, Mirabel.

Monica Awbrey

Assistant Choirmaster

Monica Awbrey began serving as Assistant Choirmaster in summer of 2019. She combines her part-time role at Saint Michael with The Episcopal School of Dallas where she has been a music specialist since 2008. At Saint Michael, she directs the Cherub Choir, and assists in other parts of our music ministry, including the older choristers and adult choir. Her roles at ESD include directing the middle school choir and serving as the early children music specialist and Coordinator of Sacred for daily chapel at school.

She began teaching young musicians in 1994 at First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio. She later taught both the Weesong and Gladsong primary choirs at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas. Prior to her work at ESD, she was the Interim Choirmaster at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, and choir director at Rowlett, Allen, and Taft High Schools in San Antonio and Jordan Middle School in San Antonio. Her love of Anglican music was strengthened from 1999 - 2006 when she was sang with the Church of the Incarnation in residence in Wells, Lincoln, and Litchfield Cathedrals, and Westminster Abbey in England.

In addition to her leadership with children’s music, Monica is the director of Cathedral Arts Chorus at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral. Working with singers of all ages, you can also find her directing the high school women’s ensemble with Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas. She also serves as a clinician for workshops and festivals throughout the state, including serving as the Primary Voices clinician for Chorister’s Guild. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Choral Music from Trinity University in San Antonio.

Calendar

Sunday, 1/24 at 8:00 PM
Choral Compline
Sunday, 1/31 at 8:00 PM
Choral Compline
Sunday, 2/7 at 8:00 PM
Choral Compline
Sunday, 2/14 at 8:00 PM
Choral Compline
Thursday, 2/18 at 5:00 PM
Musical Masterworks for Lent and Holy Week
Sunday, 2/21 at 5:30 PM
Lenten Choral Evensong
Thursday, 2/25 at 5:00 PM
Musical Masterworks for Lent and Holy Week
Sunday, 2/28 at 8:00 PM
Choral Compline

Choral Compline

Sunday, January 24, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Watch live at saintmichael.org/compline


Coming from the Latin completorium, from which we have our word “complete,” This meditative service is designed as the concluding prayer of our day. Lasting a little less than 30 minutes and in our candlelit church, this liturgy centers around the Psalms, Scripture, and prayers taken from Scripture (including the Nunc Dimittis – the Song of Simeon). Unaccompanied music by the Compline Choir of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony - no sermon or Holy Eucharist. The particular liturgical aesthetic of our Compline is aimed at concluding our weekend with reflection, calm, and peace. Compline is an ideal setting for those who may not regularly attend church.


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Choral Compline

Sunday, January 31, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Watch live at saintmichael.org/compline


Coming from the Latin completorium, from which we have our word “complete,” This meditative service is designed as the concluding prayer of our day. Lasting a little less than 30 minutes and in our candlelit church, this liturgy centers around the Psalms, Scripture, and prayers taken from Scripture (including the Nunc Dimittis – the Song of Simeon). Unaccompanied music by the Compline Choir of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony - no sermon or Holy Eucharist. The particular liturgical aesthetic of our Compline is aimed at concluding our weekend with reflection, calm, and peace. Compline is an ideal setting for those who may not regularly attend church.


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Choral Compline

Sunday, February 7, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Watch live at saintmichael.org/compline


Coming from the Latin completorium, from which we have our word “complete,” This meditative service is designed as the concluding prayer of our day. Lasting a little less than 30 minutes and in our candlelit church, this liturgy centers around the Psalms, Scripture, and prayers taken from Scripture (including the Nunc Dimittis – the Song of Simeon). Unaccompanied music by the Compline Choir of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony - no sermon or Holy Eucharist. The particular liturgical aesthetic of our Compline is aimed at concluding our weekend with reflection, calm, and peace. Compline is an ideal setting for those who may not regularly attend church.


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Choral Compline

Sunday, February 14, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Watch live at saintmichael.org/compline


Coming from the Latin completorium, from which we have our word “complete,” This meditative service is designed as the concluding prayer of our day. Lasting a little less than 30 minutes and in our candlelit church, this liturgy centers around the Psalms, Scripture, and prayers taken from Scripture (including the Nunc Dimittis – the Song of Simeon). Unaccompanied music by the Compline Choir of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony - no sermon or Holy Eucharist. The particular liturgical aesthetic of our Compline is aimed at concluding our weekend with reflection, calm, and peace. Compline is an ideal setting for those who may not regularly attend church.


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Musical Masterworks for Lent and Holy Week

Thursday, February 18, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Led by Meg Harper 
Online via Zoom

Join us this Lent as, over the course of six Thursdays, we dive deeply into music that is thematically linked to Lent and Holy Week. We will examine masterworks of Western sacred music including the Allegri "Miserere," J.S. Bach's "St. John Passion," Thomas Tallis's "Lamentations of Jeremiah," and more. This class assumes some knowledge of basic music terminology, but does not require an advanced musical background. For more information and for the Zoom access code, reach out to Meg Harper at [email protected].



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Lenten Choral Evensong

Sunday, February 21, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Online Only! Watch Live at saintmichael.org/live

Our Evensong offering in the first half of 2021 is a beautiful way to begin your Lenten journey. Join us for this service of prayer, Scripture, and choral music specifically designed for the beginning of Lent.


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Musical Masterworks for Lent and Holy Week

Thursday, February 25, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Led by Meg Harper 
Online via Zoom

Join us this Lent as, over the course of six Thursdays, we dive deeply into music that is thematically linked to Lent and Holy Week. We will examine masterworks of Western sacred music including the Allegri "Miserere," J.S. Bach's "St. John Passion," Thomas Tallis's "Lamentations of Jeremiah," and more. This class assumes some knowledge of basic music terminology, but does not require an advanced musical background. For more information and for the Zoom access code, reach out to Meg Harper at [email protected].



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Choral Compline

Sunday, February 28, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Watch live at saintmichael.org/compline


Coming from the Latin completorium, from which we have our word “complete,” This meditative service is designed as the concluding prayer of our day. Lasting a little less than 30 minutes and in our candlelit church, this liturgy centers around the Psalms, Scripture, and prayers taken from Scripture (including the Nunc Dimittis – the Song of Simeon). Unaccompanied music by the Compline Choir of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony - no sermon or Holy Eucharist. The particular liturgical aesthetic of our Compline is aimed at concluding our weekend with reflection, calm, and peace. Compline is an ideal setting for those who may not regularly attend church.


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Sermons

  • Jan 17 | The Reverend Dr. Chris Girata
    Lift Every Voice
  • Jan 17 | The Rev. Dr. Eric J. Liles
    Rethinking Christian Cliches: When God Closes a Door, He Opens a Window
  • Jan 10 | The Reverend Dr. Chris Girata
    Spirit: Heaven Opens
  • Jan 10 | The Reverend Bob Johnston
    Rethinking Christian Clichés: "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves"
  • Jan 3 | The Reverend Bob Johnston
    Rethinking Christian Clichés: "Everything Happens for a Reason"

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7:30 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite I) in Saint Michael Chapel
9 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite II) in the Church
9 a.m. Joy: A Children’s Service in Saint Michael Chapel
11 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite I) in the Church
11 a.m. Contemporary Rite II Service in the Parish Hall
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5:30 p.m. Candlelight Mass in Saint Michael Chapel

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10 a.m. Wed.: Healing Service in Bishop Moore Chapel

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Welcome! | Saint Michael and All Angels is a community of passionate people seeking to follow Jesus in a meaningful way that impacts both our own lives and that of the community around us. We are blessed with our parish home and so glad to share it with you. If you find yourself in Dallas, we would love to have you join us for worship!

- The Reverend Dr. Chris Girata, Rector

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Our team in Children and Family Ministry provides children, ages 0 – 5th grade, and their parents with the tools they need to become faithful disciples of Christ. We achieve this through fun and interactive programming that allows children and families to explore their faith together.

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Sunday Services:
7:30 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite I) in Saint Michael Chapel
9 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite II) in the Church
9 a.m. Joy: A Children’s Service in Saint Michael Chapel
11 a.m. Traditional Service (Rite I) in the Church
11 a.m. Contemporary Rite II Service in the Parish Hall
5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Eucharist Rite I in Saint Michael Chapel
8 p.m. Compline in the Church
Saturday Services:
8:30 a.m. Eucharist in Bishop Moore Chapel
5:30 p.m. Candlelight Mass in Saint Michael Chapel
Weekday Services:
7 a.m. M/W/F: Morning Prayer in Bishop Moore Chapel
7 a.m. T/Th: Holy Eucharist (Rite I or II) in Bishop Moore Chapel
10 a.m. Wed.: Healing Service in Bishop Moore Chapel
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If you are new to Saint Michael, curious about the path to membership, or simply want to learn more about life at our parish community, we invite you to join us for two different class events we have throughout the year: "Saint Michael 101" is an introduction to life here at SMAA, and "Episcopal Christians", where we explore what it means to walk as a Christian in the Episcopal tradition, discussing topics like our Anglican heritage, worship, the Bible and formation etc.

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