[Magdalen] Announcement!

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Absolutely wonderful news! Congratulations and blessings of Easter. 
peace,
Lynn 

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On Mar 27, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

It is with much pleasure that I can announce to all my friends that I
have accepted the position of Director of Music at All Saints' Church,
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. I feel particularly blessed by this event,
as ASWT is where I started my 60-year long journey in Christian
service through music.
ASWT was once a bastion of Anglo-Catholicism in a sea of relatively
low-church liturgical practice, although that is no longer so obvious
(and no, ASWT has not changed - the Diocese has.) Here I was
introduced to plainsong. here the sermon would contain reference to
the visual and dramatic arts, here the conversation was intellectually
stimulating to this rather sheltered teenager. It was not until quite
some years later that I  realised how fortunate I had been!
I will now have responsibility for a professional quartet, with
"satellite singers" for special occasions, as well as opportunity to
involve other instrumentalists  regularly.
As well, I was fortunate enough to be working for the organbuilder
when the ASWT Lewis organ was rebuilt a few years ago, so I know the
instrument quite well (It will certainly contain my DNA from my sweat,
if not my blood  and tears!)
I will be sad to leave the parish where I have been very happy for the
past five years, in fact I would have been content to retire from
musical practice altogether from that place, but the present
opportunity is one I could not pass by.

Regards

Lesley de Voil