The Compline Choir of St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas welcomes all to come experience a beautiful half-hour of prayer, candlelight, and worship. The group, which consists of the finest singers in Austin, prepares and shares an ancient liturgy meant to end the day, honoring God and praying for His protection through the night. The group prays and sings the ancient prayers and responsories using Gregorian chant and Tudor motets. Please, join the choir at 9 PM, Sundays in the historic sanctuary at 304 E. Seventh St. in Austin.
I record these sound files each Sunday evening that I sing with the Compline choir. I use a MicroTrack 24/96 flash recorder, using the standard little "stereo mic" that comes with it. I edit the sound file into separate pieces using Audacity, the free audio editor available on the Internet.
If your browser knows how to play mp3 files, you may just be able to click and play these files. Otherwise, you may have to right-click and "Save target as...", and specify a place on your local machine to write the mp3 file. Then you'd play it from there.
Also, if you are a member of the Yahoo group, here's a link so you can easily get to the St. David's Compline Choir complete music listings (created by Howard Burkett): the Yahoo group site.
2008/08/17
Sunday the 17th
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 4-3-2-3
2008/07/06
Sunday the 6th (Pentecost 8)
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Barbara Manson
SATB: 2-2-2-2
2008/06/29
Sunday the 29th (Pentecost 7/after the nativity of St John the Baptist/Eve of SS Peter & Paul)
Director: Barbara Manson
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 3-2-2-3
2008/06/15
Sunday the 15th (Pentecost 5/after St Barnabas, St Anthony of Padua, St Basil the Great)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 2-3-2-3
2008/06/08
Sunday the 8th of June (Pentecost 4/eve of St Columba)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 1-4-4-6
2008/05/18
Sunday the 18th (Trinity Sunday)
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Jen Frazer
SATB: 3-3-0-3
2008/05/11
Sunday, May 11th (Pentecost)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 1-2-2-1
2008/05/04
Sunday, May 4th (7th Sunday of Easter/Sunday after the Ascension)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Fr. James Misko
SATB: 3-4-2-2
2008/04/27
Sunday the 27th (6th Sunday of Easter/Sunday after St George & St Mark)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 3-2-2-2
(Anglican-Music listsib Richard Griffiths from Dublin sitting in)
2008/04/20
Sunday, April 20th (5th Sunday of Easter)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Barbara Manson
SATB: 3-4-2-3
2008/04/13
Sunday, April 13th (4th Sunday of Easter)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 1-2-3-4
2008/03/30
Sunday the 30th (Low Sunday/Quasimodo)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Ted Smith
SATB: 3-4-2-3
2008/03/23
Sunday the 23rd (Easter)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 5-3-2-3
2008/03/09
Sunday the 9th (5th Sunday in Lent/Judica/Passion Sunday)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 1-3-2-1
2008/03/02
Sunday the 2nd (4th Sunday in Lent/Laetare/Refreshment Sunday/Mothering Sunday)
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 3-4-1-3
2008/02/24
Sunday the 24th (3rd Sunday in Lent/Eve of St Matthias)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 2-4-2-3
2008/01/20
Sunday the 20th (2nd Sunday after the Epiphany/Septuagesima)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Fr James Misko
SATB: 3-3-3-5
2008/01/13
Sunday the 13th (1st Sunday after the Epiphany/Baptism of Our Lord)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 2-3-1-7
2008/01/06
Sunday the 6th (Epiphany)
Director/Cantor:David Stevens
SATB: 5-2-1-2
2007/12/30
Sunday the 30th (Christmas 1)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 2-2-1-1
2007/12/09
Sunday the 9th (Advent 2/after St Nicholas)
Director: Barbara Manson
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 1-2-0-3
2007/11/25
Sunday the 25th (Last Sunday after Pentecost/Christ the King)
Director: Barbara Manson
Cantor: Fr James Misko
SATB: 2-3-0-4
2007/11/11
Sunday the 11th (Pentecost 24)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Barbara Manson
SATB: 4-4-1-3
2007/11/04
Sunday the 4th (Pentecost 23/Sunday after All SS & All Souls')
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 3-4-2-4
2007/10/14
Sunday the 14th (Pentecost 20)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 4-3-1-3
2007/09/23
Sunday the 23rd (Pentecost 17/Sunday after St Matthew)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Barbara Manson
SATB: 2-2-2-3
2007/09/16
Sunday the 16th (Pentecost 16/Sunday after Holy Cross)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 6-3-1-4
2007/08/26
Sunday the 26th (Pentecost 13)
Director: Barbara Manson
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 4-2-2-2
2007/08/19
Sunday the 19th (Pentecost 12)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 3-2-1-5
2007/08/12
Sunday the 12th (Pentecost 11/St Mary the Virgin [anticipated])
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Fr. James Misko
SATB: 4-3-3-4
2007/07/22
Sunday the 22nd (Pentecost 8/St Mary Magdalene)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 2-2-1-3
2007/07/08
Sunday the 8th (Pentecost 6)
Director: Barbara Manson
Cantor: Susan Richter
SATB: 3-2-0-3
2007/07/01
Sunday the 1st (Pentecost 5/SS Peter & Paul/eve of the Visitation)
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 2-2-1-3
2007/06/24
Sunday the 24th (Pentecost 4/Nativity of St John the Baptist)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 3-1-1-3
2007/06/08 — Jamie's Vespers Service
The Compline Choir was honored to sing for the Vespers Service preceding Jamie Misko's ordination into the Roman Catholic priesthood. It was a very special occasion.
2007/06/03
Sunday the 3rd (Trinity Sunday)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 3-2-1-5
It was a dark and stormy night! No, really ... if you listen through the service music parts, you can hear rumbling thunder all through the evening. We had a very sizeable group, as much of this music was in rehearsal for Jamie Misko's ordination the following Friday.
2007/04/22
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Ted Smith
SATB: 1-2-1-3
2007/04/15
Sunday the 15th (2 Easter/Low Sunday)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: The Rev. Deacon Jamie Misko
SATB: 1-3-1-3
Well, it was Tax Day, but we still sang Compline.
2007/02/11
Sunday the 11th (6th Sunday after the Epiphany/Sexagesima)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: The Rev. Deacon Jamie Misko
SATB: 2-2-1-3
2007/01/28
Sunday the 28th (4th Sunday after Epiphany/Sunday after Conversion of St Paul)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 2-3-1-5
We had an excellent, large group at Compline tonight -- 5 basses! As a result, we did some nice 6-part pieces in addition to the usual chant and SATB things.
2007/01/21
Sunday the 21st (3rd Sunday after Epiphany/Sunday after the Confession of St Peter)
Director: David Stevens
Cantor: Barbara Manson
SATB: 1-2-1-2
A nice group tonight -- lots of coughing from the congregation (and singers), though.
2007/01/07
Sunday the 7th (Sunday after Epiphany)
Director: Howard Burkett
Cantor: Joan Ely Carlson
SATB: 2-1-2-2
The first Compline of the new year! And I didn't skip anything, honest! There actually was no Compline on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. [ Volume correction on these files 2007/08/27. "Normalize" is a wonderful thing to know about! ]
2006/12/17
Sunday the 17th (Advent 3/O Sapientia)
Director/Cantor: David Stevens
SATB: 3-2-1-4
My apologies for the long break in the recordings. I seem to have misplaced my Microtrack 24/96 recorder somewhere in the interim, and it took a few weeks to accept that fact and order a new one. Sigh.
2006/10/17 (a Tuesday!)
A performance in the Chapel at Fletcher's Books and Antiques, in Salado, Texas. The chapel is quite small, and I wasn't able to get any check-able level settings, so I went with what I had. As a result, we overpowered the recorder occasionally and there is some clipping on loud passages (especially those sopranos -- sheesh! :-) )
2006/10/15
Recorded from the usual place, up in the chancel.
2006/10/01
This evening, we recorded from a different location -- out in the congregation. This may explain the large amount of hiss and background noise. Or perhaps it's just the Pecan Street Festival carrying on just outside. Anyway, I think we will move it back to the location up in the chancel area.
2006/09/24
2006/09/17 Levels should be pretty good.
2006/09/10 [ Volume correction on these files 2007/08/27. "Normalize" is a wonderful thing to know about! ]