Church Choir

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

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 […]

For many choral conductors, this time of year heralds both the beginning of the academic year and the new church choir season.  It is a special privilege to share our art with the delightful folks who offer their time and talent to sing in a church choir.   While it may be true in some […]

FIVE FROM THE FOLDER: CHURCH CHOIR by Terre Johnson   1.  "He, Watching Over Israel." Felix Mendelssohn, G. Schirmer 50293760 The perfectly useful chorus from an extended work. Singable counterpoint and beautiful expressive elements.   2.  "There Is a Balm in Gilead."  William L. Dawson, Neil A. Kjos T105 Deeply moving, and valuable for working […]