The Grandin Road Summer Hymn Festival, hosted by RCPC, is a combined effort of the music ministries of churches on and around Grandin Road with a common goal of interdenominational song sharing and leading. Our hope for this event is that those gathered to sing will experience a breadth of hymnody and music from a variety of traditions and genres. Any singers from any church or choir in the Roanoke area are invited to join us in the festival choir or the assembly for the final program. If interested, please contact Dillon J. Swanson at
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Churches represented in previous hymn festivals include:
Raleigh Court United Methodist Church, Grandin Court Baptist Church, Christ Lutheran Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke, West End United Methodist Church, Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church
2025 Theme - " We Believe . . . "
All of the hymn settings and anthems this year are arrangements by John Ferguson, a prolific church musician, composer, and teacher who passed away on January 5, 2025. He has composed many choral anthems and congregational hymn settings of varying difficulty levels, and our hymn festival will showcase the breadth of his work, and we hope that all participants will learn something they can take with them as they return to their home congregations and church choirs.
Our guest conductor this summer is Dr. Michael Pekel, director of choirs at Roanoke College. We will be joined by a brass quartet to support the hymn singing using Ferg's arrangements for organ and brass as well.
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