Stick Time: Capabilities of a Church Choir

A week from now, Christian churches of all stripes will be filled to capacity with parishioners attending services in celebration of Christmas.  It is not hyperbolic to state that more people will hear live choral music and raise their own voices in song early next week than at any other single time of the year, save perhaps Easter.

 

As choral conductors working in a church setting, we have an obligation both to our specific church and to the larger choral art to frame our craft in the best possible light at this important time.  Church choirs are every bit as capable as are any other choral ensemble of presenting great art – and they are able to do so in an environment that underscores a larger ministerial role.

 

Here is a performance by a church choir from a past ACDA National Conference.  Imagine underscoring the message of next week’s holiday with this level of performance.