Tim Keyes Consort begins Advent season with ‘A Christmas Oratorio’

The Tim Keyes Consort will perform O Magnum Mysterium, ‘A Christmas Oratorio’ composed and conducted by Tim Keyes, Sunday, Dec. 1, 4 p.m. in the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, 716 Watchung Ave., Plainfield.

Also premiering will be new works by Charles Banta and Amelia Cunningham.

Keyes, who serves as pastoral associate for music and liturgy in St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Skillman, is an accomplished church musician and choral director who has composed sacred music oratorios: Resurrexi (1996), Nativitas (1999), Crucifixus (2000), Meditation on the Passion of Christ (2005), St. Patrick’s Breastplate (2006), Requiem (2008) as well as a Psalter, In Psalmis Davidis (1997-2004). 

The Tim Keyes Consort is directed by Tim Keyes and is composed of both professional and amateur singers and instrumentalists.

There is no charge for the concert but a free will offering is welcomed. 
For more information on the Tim Keyes Consort, visit www.timkeyesconsort.org.