Music Ministry

The Grace Coventry Choir is the mainstay of our choral ministry at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church. Coventry Choir sings at the Sunday 10:00am services, September-June. In addition to their duties at the Choral Eucharist, Coventry Choir sings at occasional Evensongs, Advent Lessons and Carols, Epiphany Evensong, Holy Week, and from time to time at other special services. In the world-wide, Anglican tradition, the Coventry Choir specializes in both traditional and contemporary repertoire spanning two thousand years.

Our Organist-Choir Director, Susan Jensen came to us in 1994 and now celebrates her fifteenth year of Music Ministry at Grace, and her 35th year in the Diocese of Oregon. A lifelong Episcopalian, she graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in Organ Performance and pursued post-graduate studies in organ with Margaret Irwin-Brandon and Harold Vogel, and harpsichord with Edith Kilbuck and Ton Koopman. She was appointed organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Portland, Oregon from 1977-1989, is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musician, and the Royal School of Church Music. Susan is principal harpsichordist and organist with the nationally acclaimed Portland Baroque Orchestra since 1986, and has performed with the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Opera, Chamber Music Northwest, the Oregon Bach Festival, and as well as many festival series.  Susan is on the Fine and Performing Arts faculty of Oregon Episcopal School where she teaches visual arts at the Upper School level and is the Music Department Chair PreK-12.