Sunday Address

St Michael’s is a unique church in the heart of the city. Unique for its relevant, contemporary preaching that embraces and inner wellbeing as its core message.

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.

St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.

Sunday services commence at 10am.
Free Entry.

Guest artist: Megan Reeve (Harp)
Music between the readings: Automne – Macel Grandjany (1891-1975) Marcel Grandjany was born in Paris and was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire aged 11.  He became a leading international figure in the area of harp performance and composition and left behind a considerable body of work for the instrument.

Music during the offering: Etude VII, Op. 34 – Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856)
Coming from an earlier period than Marcel Grandjany, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa was also a native of France and entered the Paris Conservatoire at the same young age.  Sometime after he was appointed harpist to the Imperial Orchestra, he became involved in counterfeiting, fraud and forgery. He then left France for England to avoid prosecution. He became involved in another scandel in 1839, running away with the wife of fellow composer Henry Bishop. Bosch fled England with Anna Bishop, and after a brief period in North America, they arrived in Sydney Australia in 1855 in the hopes of being succesful in the Gold Rush of that period. Sadly, Boscha died shortly after arriving. His compositional output includes a number of Operas and larger works, however it is his Etudes for harp that he is best remembered today.

The Postlude:  Gigue – Bernard Andres (b.1941)
Bernard Andres, is a more recent graduate of the Paris Conservatoire and continues to write new and challenging works for the harp.  He began his compositional career aged 8, and his works have achieved international recognition and acceptance.

Artist Bio:
Megan has been performing professionally on the harp for over twenty years. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Music Performance degree from the Victorian College of the Arts, and a Master of Arts in Music, Culture and Politics from Cardiff University, Wales.

Megan has also completed a Summer Academy course in Salzburg, Austria. Megan has performed with a diverse range of music ensemble, from the Melbourne Symphony and the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra, through to touring with Jose Carreras, the Bolshoi Ballet and Kanye West for the U2 Vertigo tour. Her television appearances include ‘Good Morning Australia’, ‘It Takes Two’, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Spicks and Specks’.

She has recorded on the Move and Naxos labels. Megan has performed with Chamber Music Australia for the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and is a founding member of chamber music group the ‘Miscellany Ensemble’ and duo ‘voxArpa’. Her public speaking skills have seen her in demand as a guest speaker at events around the United Kingdom and Australia, where she has presented a paper at the 5th Australian Harp Festival.