Girl's Choir Begins a New Church YearOn Sunday, October 8th, our Girls began their 06-07 Church Year with a sung Service and Anthem at 10:00.
Repertoire
Holy Communion Service in D Major, by Leo Sowerby
Gloria in excelsis, by T. Tertius Noble
For the Anthem: a canon learned at Choir Camp
They will continue singing only one Sunday each month, because they need to attend Church School on the other Sundays.
Have a great Season, Girls!
posted by Anglicans Aweigh at 3:33 PM
6 Comments:
This morning's service was simply beautiful! Thank you!!
I am very proud of the Girl Choristers: they did a superb job.
Many more to come, D.V.!
Father, can you recommend a book on how to establish a choir program in small churches - particularly Anglican churches? One of my central concerns is preserving the Anglican choral/musical tradition, just as preserve and hand on the "faith once delivered". Something that deals with Anglican chant, choral services, how to do simple arrangements for mass settings/minor propers, etc. would be good.
I have a basic knowledge of music and music theory, and play some classical guitar. I love choral music, and ove to chant and sing. I play a little piano and am presently trying to improve my skills in that area. How can I someday in my own parish help start a choir?
Thanks,
JGA+
Father Anderson,
I'm delighted to let you know that I wrote the book!
It's called: "The Choir School in the American Church". (my doctoral dissertation) In preparation for the book, I visited an Episcopal Choir School, three Episcopal Parochial Schools which provided singers and scholarships for a Vested Choir. And, what would be of more interest to you, would be that I visited, studied and wrote about the After-School Program for vested Choir of Men & Boys. This is more suitable for parishes with limited budget and no regular school program of their own. Interestingly, there is at least one well-established Choir of Men & Boys in the Continuing Church that I write about. The final chapter of the book is devoted to revitalizing the tradition, and contains concrete steps on how to form a new program.
To order a copy, visit "UMI" via the internet (that is the publisher). Or, download a PDF version via Project Canterbury (which I suppose you would then print out). NOTE: reload your ink and paper beforehand, because it is 128pp.
Best of Luck. You should found two vested Choirs at St. Marks Vero Beach. A Choir of Men & Boys, a Girl Choir, and an Adult 'Schola Cantorum'!!! You already have the beautiful building, and I assume, a nice organ and good acoustics. I can be your consultant.
I should have said, "three choirs". That way you can provide something for everyone: Boys, Girls, Adults. Based on my research and the unanimous wisdom of the professional Anglican Choirmasters that I interviewed for my dissertation, you would want to avoid the "Children's Choir" for combined boys AND girls-that is a certain way to end up with an all girls choir.
I am glad to have people read it, and I hope it will be of use in helping the American [Anglican] Church Choral tradition recover from a disastrous 20th century.
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