An Advent song from back in my day

Nineteen years ago I was a campus minister at St. Ann University Parish in Boston. While the parish served a number of schools in the Back Bay/Fenway area, I worked primarily at Northeastern University and Emerson College. Some of our parish musicians contributed a song to a rather strange collection titled, Gross Santa's Yuletide Favorites which, for a time, was actually available in Boston music stores. The piece, One Voice, was composed by John Burckardt, a parishioner and music minister at St. Ann's and director of the Woods Harbor Ensemble which I joined for this recording as the lead vocal. You'll hear us on track 8. As John puts it, "We're the answer to the question, 'Which one doesn't belong with the others?'"

(Thanks to Casey Desmond for bringing this recording to cyberspace and to John Burckardt for posting it on FaceBook.)


Gross Santa's Yuletide Favorites by caseydesmond

I hadn't listened to this recording in years so finding this on John's FaceBook page brought me back nearly two decades in my memories. And there's no doubt about it: the arrangements of familiar tunes on this recording are definitely out there - but not gross in any vulgar way: this is G rated material. Perhaps you'll enjoy one, two or more of these songs - and I hope you'll find One Voice to be a prayerful addition to your Advent repertoire.

(Click on a title to play - and you can download any of the songs for free.)