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, […]
Church Choir
Stick Time: “Just” a Church Choir
During a recent conversation, a new acquaintance introduced himself as being “Just a church choir director.” Excuse me? Just a church choir director . . . !? Creating satisfying choral art with a college choir that meets five days a week is comparatively luxurious next to the herculean task of producing beautiful sounds […]
A virtual church choir
Taking the lead from Eric Whitacre’s virtual choir, a church choir from New Jersey is putting together their own technology-driven choral music this Christmas: Liquid Church of New Jersey is inviting people around the world to participate in the first virtual Christmas choir, utilizing webcams and YouTube. Singers from around the world will be united […]
Choral Caffeine: Recruiting for Church Choir
One of the non-musical tasks every choral conductors has to perform is recruiting singers. Okay, I know there are a couple schools in the country where a staggeringly high percentage of student sing in choir, the rest of us poor mortals have to sell, sell, sell! It’s even harder in a church. In an educational […]