Music Ministry

CHILDREN'S CHOIRS WILL RESUME IN THE FALL. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER

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Music for August 20, 2017 - Ordinary XX

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Opening: Gather Us In 848

Offertory: Come to the Water 584

Communion: We Are Many Parts 834, I Am the Bread of Life 945

Closing: God Sends Us Forth 759

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Music for August 27, 2017 - Ordinary XXI

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Opening: Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior 596

Offertory: Only This I Want 782

Communion: I Am the Bread of Life 945, Center of My Life 679

Closing: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name 615
 

8:30 a.m. Choir – lead by Arlene Urda. Open to all adults, from high school to the young at heart.  8:30 choir consists of worship leaders who lead the singing for the 8:30 liturgy. The choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7 pm to 8 pm in the church and sings every Sunday at the 8:30 am mass. Warm up is 7:45 am on Sunday mornings. The style of music is a blend of traditional, contemporary, and ethnic.
 
11 a.m. Choir – lead by Paul Wilkinson. Open to all ages. 11 a.m. choir consists of worship leaders who lead the singing for the 11 a.m. Mass. This choir sings every Sunday at the 11 a.m. mass except the 3rd weekend (children). Warm up is 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings. The style of music is a blend of tradition, contemporary, and ethnic.
 
A cappella Choir – lead by Aaron Medina. Auditioned chamber choir that sings at 11:00 Sunday Mass except 3rd weekend (5:30 Saturday and 5:30 Sunday) from September to May. Vocal style places emphasis on a cappella music written for the Catholic Church, as well as other a cappella music in appropriate styles. This choir rehearses from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights. Warm up is Sunday morning 10:00-10:30am.
 
5:30 p.m. Youth Choir – lead by Aaron Medina. Open to all ages. 5:30 choir consists of worship leaders who lead the singing for the 5:30 Sunday liturgy. Rehearsal and warm up is at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. The choir consists of singers and instrumentalists and the style of music is contemporary.
 
Spanish Choir – lead by Carlos Herrera. Open to all youth and adults. The Spanish Choir consists of worship leaders who lead the singing for the Sunday 1 p.m. Spanish Mass. The choir rehearses on Sunday mornings from 11:30am to 1 p.m. all year round. The style of music is Hispanic folk and traditional.

African Choir – lead by Bouvy Kifunga. Open to all adults, teenagers and anyone who loves to sing ethnic music from the African continent. African choir sings on the 2 ^nd and 4 ^th Sundays at 11 a.m., as well as the quarterly Mass for Africa and bi-annual Nigerian Mass. Rehearsal is at 7 p.m.  Saturday nights.
 
Children’s Choir –  Open to all children grades 1-6. Children’s choir rehearses 10:30- 10:55 a.m.  on Sundays and sings every 3rd weekend at 11 a.m. Mass during the school year.

Ghana Choir – sings at the 1 p.m. Ghana Mass every Sunday.
 
Cantors - contribute their vocal talents to the liturgy by leading the congregation in the parts of the Mass ordinary, the hymns, and the responsorial psalm. Cantors are used for all liturgies – Saturday and Sunday weekend Masses, weddings, funerals, quinceaneras, and other special liturgies.
 
Combined Choirs of St. Joseph - is a group is made up of all the choirs at St. Joseph and sings primarily for the Church Holy Days and Solemnities – Christmas at Midnight Mass (Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord), and Easter Vigil, as well as on other special occasions as requested by the pastor.
 
Instrumentalists – Instruments are welcome to play at the weekend masses and for special liturgies.  If you play a guitar, string, brass, or wind instrument and you would like to contribute your services for selected liturgies, please contact Aaron Medina at the church.
  
Children’s Christmas Pageant –. The Christmas pageant is presented at the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve mass. Auditions are held in October. Open to all children grades K-6.