Our Call To Serve
To share God’s Gospel through music, lead the congregation in worship and provide a path through which fellow parishioners may share their gifts. Honoring and encouraging the call to participate as music is an integral part of our faith journey.
What We Do
We support and lead the congregations call to active participation within the Mass as well as provide music for other celebrations and events.
We have singers and instrumentalists of varying levels of training and experience who join together to make music. The ministry currently involves about 25 people including cantors, choir members and instrumentalists.
Our Goals
The goal of our choir is to not only grow in numbers, but offer the opportunity to sing and lead praises to God and grow within the art of choral singing. To provide opportunities outside of liturgy for our music ministry to serve.
Testimonials
From one of our new choir members after his first week singing with us:
“It’s a powerful and moving experience to sit in the midst of the choir hearing all that talent swirling around me all . . . And then there’s the supporting instrumentalists !!!! In short I had a blast Thank you!!
Do You Enjoy Singing?
Come sing with us! Join our choir and help to lead our congregation through song. Singers from 7th grade to adult are welcome! No experience necessary, just be able to carry a tune!
8:00 AM: Cantor & Organist
9:30 AM: Music Ensemble & Choir
11:00 AM: Cantor & Organist
Rehearsals are in the lower level library from September to June on Thursday nights at 7:00 PM and Sunday mornings prior to Mass (8:30 AM). If that commitment is too much, we also have some singers who come for certain seasons – reach out, we can make it work for you!
Instrumentalists are encouraged to reach out and we can see if we can find a place for you in one of our groups.
Did You Know?
- In our adult choir we have some members with much experience and some who are very new to choral singing. Everyone is welcome and very supportive
- We annually sponsor an Open Mic night. It is a wonderful night of music and fellowship featuring many musicians from our parish.
Spiritual Gift Alignment
All gifts and those who feel called are welcome! Some gifts which are particularly helpful in growing and running this ministry include:
- Proclamation
- Apostleship
- Evangelism
- Nurturing
- Leadership
- Servanthood
- Faith
Our Core Team
Patty Lepak & Mary Walsh (musicministry@stmarysimsbury.org)