Church Choir

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). […]

(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 […]