“It is our mission to enable to encourage all members of the parish to share in the experience of glorifying God through music; to teach together the skills of music and the practices of faith; and to build the body of Christ through worship, rehearsal, outreach and fellowship using music as an instrument of God’s peace.”
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to be a part of our music ministry here at Trinity Church. We are committed to developing a ministry where people of all ages and experience can come together in a nurturing, supportive environment to practice the skills of music and the ways of faith. Please take time to read this information and consider joining one or more of our choirs. We hope that you will find a home here and discover or strengthen your joy of making music. Contact Christian Myers, Director of Music Ministries, for more information.
Trinity Church, Meade Parish
has a
diverse membership of about 350. The present church is the
third building on this site. This extraordinarily beautiful
church, surrounding grounds and related buildings were the
gift of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon.
The
church itself was built by hand of native sandstone in the
style of 12th century French and Swedish country churches.
It has excellent acoustics and is an inspirational place to
sing. The organ is a 55 rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ
which is ideal for accompanying a wide variety of sacred
music styles. We employ a Director of Music Ministries, an
organist, and four student section leaders in the choir.
Our current music program continues to build on a long
tradition of great music with hopes of further perfecting
our praises and nurturing each other.
Our music ministry includes the following choirs:
Junior Choir
Age 4 - 2nd Grade
Children’s Choir Room
Children are introduced to the fundamentals of pitch and rhythm as they begin to develop their singing voices. They also learn the basics of worship practice as they prepare to sing in church once a month. Discovering a joy of singing is the primary goal.
Trinity Choristers
Grades 3 - 8
Children’s Choir Room
This choir is designed to correspond with the Choristers Guild (the national organization of children’s choirs). We will be attending Choristers Guild events, presenting our annual Christmas concert at the Austrian Embassy and singing in church once a month.
Youth Choir
Grades 9-12
Children’s Choir Room
High School students learn both sacred
classical literature and music in more popular style, with a
special emphasis on outreach in the community.
Adult Handbells
Adults
Parish Hall
The Adult handbell choir plays a variety of traditional handbell music, as well as accompaniments to choral anthems and congregational singing, on our 4-octave set of Schulmerich Handbells. Music reading ability is helpful but not essential.
Chancel Choir
Any and all Adults
Choir Room
The Chancel Choir is the focal point of
our ministry of music, providing offertory anthems and
congregational leadership each Sunday for the 10:30am
worship service and all major liturgical occasions. Group vocal development, musical interpretation, worship practice and spiritual growth are all emphasized. |