Ensembles
Our ensembles offer opportunities to share your musical gifts with the worshiping assembly at various Masses here at the parish. Our Parish Choir meets once a week on Wednesday evenings beginning at 7PM. The choir normally sings at the 10:30AM Mass each week, Holy Days of Obligation and other special events both at the church and in the community. Members of the Parish Choir also participate in the Voice for Life chorister training scheme on a purely volunteer basis. This program is especially good for new choristers who have little to no previous experience singing with a choir. Perhaps singing is NOT your FORTE?! Give our Handbell Choir a try. As long as your wrists work and you can count, you can learn to play handbells. The Handbell Choir meets each week on Tuesday evenings beginning at 7PM and typically plays at selected Masses throughout the year and for special events, both at the church and in the community. In 2014 the Music Ministry launched the Choir of Angels for children beginning in 2nd Grade through high school. Currently our Choir of Angels rehearse on Sunday afternoons from 1PM-2PM. This choir also participates in the Voice for Life chorister training scheme developed by the Royal School of Church Music.
If it's a more contemporary or folk style flavor you're looking for, we invite you to join our Sing Praise ensemble. This musical group typically leads the assembly in song for the Noon Mass every other Sunday beginning on Labor Day through Memorial Day weekend. For vocalists with previous singing experience, we invite you to consider becoming a cantor for the parish. This is a wonderful way to use your vocal talents to assist the assembly in singing the praises of God. Cantors typically sing once a month, unless otherwise requested. If your talent is with playing a particular instrument, we invite you to join us in playing your instrument at Mass for special Feasts Days and Solemnities. If you are interested in becoming a part of the Music Ministry here at Saint Mary of the Assumption, please send an email to our Director of Music and Organist - Michael Xavier Lundy