Noreen Schofield knows she did her job if her fellow parishioners leave Mass feeling better than they did when they arrived. The music she and her fellow Catholics provide each weekend at Mary, Mother ...
Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...
DECATUR — “Church music,” as an overarching description, has a tendency to imply a certain traditional, reserved mindset. The past is always celebrated within church music, where hymns date back ...
Earlier this year, Marty Raybon laid down a stunning cover of Squire Parsons’ “Sweet Beulah Land” at a recent show, and it ...
I play my own versions," she said. Schaefer, 83 years old, is lead pianist for Trinity Baptist Church on Vista and has been for more than 20 years. On the baby grand piano in Trinity's vast, ...
When Koreans think of ‘music’, they usually think of Western classical or pop. Likewise, most Korean Catholics think of religious music as Gregorian chants, masses from classical composers such as ...
ZUMBRO FALLS — A hymn sing where a congregation sings traditional church hymns as was done years ago will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church at Troy on U.S. 63 between Rochester and Zumbro Falls.
Directed by Evan Chancellor, the program at Cathedral Church of St. Paul will feature a mix of classical arrangements.
First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., invites everyone to join in the Traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services at 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Dec. 24. Music will precede each service beginning at 5:15 ...
Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.