Webb — O Lord, support us [SATB + organ]

A setting of John Henry Newman's beautiful prayer, suitable for Evensong, Vespers, funerals or other meditative settings.

O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows
lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is
hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done.
Then in thy mercy, grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest,
and peace at the last. Amen.

KATHERINE WEBB (b. 1990) is Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, where she directs the Cathedral’s choral ensembles, leads its Royal School of Church Music in America (RSCMA)-affiliated Choir School, and manages its concert series, which often features Trinity’s landmark Rosales organ. A former RSCMA board member and active Association of Anglican Musicians participant, she works as a choral clinician, composer, and organist nationwide. Katie earned her doctorate in organ performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she was a student of Christopher Young, and studied choral conducting with Dominick DiOrio, Betsy Burleigh, and Walter Huff. She received the MM in organ performance from IU and graduated summa cum laude from St. Olaf College with degrees in organ performance and vocal music education. At St. Olaf, she studied organ with Catherine Rodland and conducting with Anton Armstrong, and sang in the St. Olaf Choir. An award-winning educator, Katie served as an instructor in music theory and aural skills at IU, receiving the Wennerstrom Fellowship for excellence in pedagogy. She was named to The Diapason’s “Twenty Under Thirty” Class of 2019 for outstanding achievement in church music and organ performance. Her compositions have been performed at churches, universities, and festivals nationally.