Music is a vital part of the life and ministry at St. Stephen's in Longview. From the organ prelude to the closing hymn and postlude, music enriches our lives and provides another avenue for worship.

Often you will hear a choir anthem, special vocal or instrumental solos or ensembles...all woven into the fabric of the service.

The church, with its beautiful acoustics for music, has become a favorite venue for concert performances and recitals. Our "Celebration Concert Series," a program sponsored by the church, features outstanding musical artists. Usually concerts are given in the fall and just before Christmas, followed by two more...one in late winter and then culminating with the "Kaleidoscope" concert featuring a variety of local talent.

The St. Stephen's Choir welcomes you to sing, too. If you're reasonably certain you can handle part singing or simply have a desire to learn, come sing with us. Now, if you've had choral singing experience you just plain belong up there with us in one of those green robes.

serves as Minister of Music at St. Stephens.
Howard holds a Master of Music Education degree from Western Washington University and recently retired from thirty years of teaching choral music in the schools of Longview and Kelso, Washington. He is active in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and has served as state president of the Washington chapter. He is on the board of the six-state NW division of that organization and is editor of the member newsletter as well as webmaster.

Howard and his wife, Karen, live in Vancouver. Between them they have four grown children, five grand-children and one on the way from China.

, St. Stephen's pianist, grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. She began studying piano at the age of nine under the stern tutelage of Sister Ida Marie, Order of St. Francis. She attended Indiana University, earned a BA in Music in 1973. Ann studied piano with Natasha Maag and Andrea Swan. Andrea
Swan was a student of George Bolet.

In 1981, Ann moved to Longview with her family. She is the mother of three children, Meredith 23, Hartford, CT., Allison, 21, a senior at Evergreen State College, and Michael, 18, a senior at Kelso High School.

She became the accompanist for St. Stephen's in 2000.

Ann is also employed by the Longview School District as the accompanist at Monticello Middle School. She has a degree in accounting and was the bookkeeper for a local law firm for twenty years. In addition to her musical contribution, she is also the treasurer for the St. Stephen's congregation.