St. Stephen's Episcopal Parish

Music

2011-2012 Concert Series

St Stephen's is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Concert Series featuring Ray Luck, pianist, The Wildwood Consort, Antonio Centurion, The Julians, Janet Packer and more. More information...

The Choir

The St. Stephen's choir leads congregational singing and enriches worship with anthems, motets, and psalm settings drawn from the middle ages to today. All are welcome to participate. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, September through May. Contact the Music Director, Matt Smith, at music@stst.org for more information.

See the choir's schedule.

The Organ

The St Stephen's organ is the first Neo-Baroque organ in Portland. The organ was built by the Gress Miles Company of Princeton, New Jersey and installed in 1963. The organ is dedicated to the Fifth Bishop of Oregon, Benjamin Dunlop Dagwell, first Bishop to be consecrated in Oregon.

St. Stephen's organ is characteristic of the Neo-Baroque style in that the pipework, manuals, and pedalboard are housed in a free-standing case, in a very traditional-appearing layout. This instrument was one of the few by American builders to be featured in Joseph Blanton's 1965 book "The Revival of the Organ Case." The organ has a bright principal chorus and colorful flute and reed stops, with each stop designed to have its own independent character.

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