Since starting at my current church, the choir has rallied behind four “functions” of a church choir and has been central in helping the church become what song-enliveners affectionately call a “singing congregation.” As the director of a church choir I use four functions to explain why the church choir exists. Those priorities help determine […]
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GUEST BLOG: “What Powers the Church Choir?” by Thomas Vozzella
WHAT POWERS THE CHURCH CHOIR? by Thomas Vozzella As we begin the 50 days of Easter, following intensive Holy Week worship experiences, I have been renewed with a deeper understanding of why some church choirs give, give and give more, whereas other choirs make the whole experience torture for themselves and their director(s). […]
Conference Morsel: Church Choir Demographics
(An excerpt from the interest session “A Place in the Choir, a Choir in the Place,” presented by Charlotte Kroeker during the 2014 ACDA Southwestern Division Conference) According to a Chorus America study, More choirs are found in churches than anywhere else in the U.S., 216,000 of 270,000. 80% of all choirs in […]
Conference Morsel: Strategies for Smaller Church Choirs
(An excerpt from the interest session “Where 10 or 12 Are Gathered: Strategies for Smaller Church Choirs,” presented by Matt Caine during the 2014 ACDA Southern Division Conference) . . . In any of these situations you may have to help the choir develop a new vision, but in the case of the […]
Conference Morsel: Church Choir Reimagined
(An excerpt from the interest session “Church Choir Reimagined: Priestly, Prophetic, Pastoral, and Participative,” presented by Kai Ton Chau during the 2014 ACDA Central Division Conference) . . . We have just examined the tension between “performance” and “ministry” for the role of a church choir in a Christian worship setting. Then we […]
Stick Time: Oh, What a Church Choir Can Do
Once this week’s Thanksgiving holiday is past, those who conduct choirs in schools go just a little bit crazy with the onslaught of December concerts. Whether the performances be in a concert hall, a banquet room, the local shopping mall, or at the city tree lighting, the sounds of choirs will be everywhere. Those […]