{"id":250,"date":"2006-08-08T02:03:56","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T08:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2006-08-11T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T17:18:30","slug":"mount-vernon-presbyterian-church-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/mount-vernon-presbyterian-church-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC00904.jpg\"The Mount Vernon Presbyterian Choir says a big “how do”! Usually the choir breaks for summer, but we’ve been having so much fun that we’ve continued through the summer. Our choir is smaller in the summer, but not a bit less fun. On this Sunday we sang “God So Loved the World” by John Stainer. This was a new piece to my ears, but one the choir was very familiar with.<\/p>\n

I received an email later after the service saying how “clean and crisp” the choir sounded. I couldn’t agree more. The choir always sounds excellent, but on some occasions they really outdo themselves, and the John Stainer piece was one of those times. For choir directors that haven’t heard the piece, I highly recommend checking out his arrangement. It has beautiful layers, lets all SATB parts shine and the words are a perfect fit to the music. The words are from John 3:16<\/p>\n

We have two choirs at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. The “Chancel Choir” is the one pictured here; they cover all the classical repertoire and songs with four part harmonies. They also learn the parts for the hymns to enhance the congregational singing. A capella singing is also one of their strong points.<\/p>\n

Our other choir is called “Glorify”, which does primarily contemporary praise music. Glorify music is usually unison to accompany the congregation in worship music, with some harmonies.<\/p>\n

Or another way I like to think of the two groups is this: The Chancel Choir sings music the congregation listens to, and Glorify sings music along with the congregation.<\/p>\n

A picture from summer worship at MV Pres.<\/p>\n

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