Worship & Music
Music to Inspire
From Gregorian Chant to Spirituals, from Renaissance Motets to Gospel, we lift our voices to the Glory of God.
At Saint John’s, you’ll find vibrant worship, reverent music, and liturgies that lift our souls and direct our lives.
Sunday Schedule
Worship With Us
Through the union of Word, Sacrament, and music, Saint John’s Cathedral shares God’s unconditional love and Episcopal community with all who enter our doors. Take a moment and hear from some of our parishioners on what they love about each service. We’d love to welcome you this Sunday.
8 am – Holy Eucharist, Rite I
Intimate and reverent, this service features beautiful anthems from our Vicars Choral and traditional language like “thee” and “thou.”
10:30 am – Choral Eucharist, Rite II
Equal parts joy and reverence, a traditional cathedral-style service featuring our full choir, stirring hymns, and dramatic liturgy.
5 pm – The Wilderness
Communal and contemplative, a reimagined liturgy with beautiful music and space to wander and reflect.
Music at SAint John’s
Music
For more than 150 years, music has helped shape the worship and life of Saint John’s Cathedral. Each week, hymns, Psalms, and anthems give voice to our prayers and help us encounter God through the beauty of music.
A Variety of Musical Styles
When at Saint John’s, you will hear a variety of musical genres including Gregorian Chant, Renaissance Motets, Spirituals, Gospel, and a host of other styles representing the breadth of diversity found in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. Our focus is to offer music of the highest quality to the glory of God in the context of liturgy and prayer.
The Choirs
Our Cathedral Choir and Vicars Choral are renowned for their glorious musical offerings which provide beauty and a sense of transcendence to our Sunday morning worship. Our Vicars Choral provides the music for our Rite I service and is joined by the full Cathedral Choir for our Rite II services. Additionally, the Cathedral Choir leads our monthly Choral Evensong, diocesan services, and other special events throughout the year. The choir sings a wide variety of choral music church history.
Choral Evensong
Scripture, canticles, anthems, hymns, and prayers are offered to God through the ancient service of Evening Prayer. Evensong is sung by the Cathedral Choir on the third Sunday of each month, September through May.
The Wilderness
Each Sunday at 5 pm, we worship in the context of thoughtfully designed liturgies, a nave filled with incense, original music and visuals, and liturgical texts in language both new and ancient.
Upcoming Music Events
View our full music event calendar or learn more about concerts.
Meet our Director of Music & Organist
Dr. Michael Boney is an established organist and choral conductor who has been featured in numerous performing arts series in the United States and the United Kingdom including Truro, Wells, Portsmouth, and Canterbury Cathedrals. At Saint John’s, Michael conducts the Cathedral Choir, Vicars Choral, serves as organist, and participates in the musical life of the Diocese of Colorado. Michael earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from East Carolina University. He studied organ with world-renowned organist Dr. Janette Fishell and choral conducting with Dr. Rhonda Fleming and Dr. Daniel Bara.