Music Ministries for Adults & Musicians

 

Ascension is blessed
with many music ministries.
 
CHANCEL CHOIR
The Chancel Choir rehearses regularly on Tuesday nights from 7:00-9:00 PM and sings at the 10:00 AM service on Sundays, both in the Sanctuary and in our new Music and Multimedia RoomThe Choir also sings at other seasonal worship services during Christmas and Holy Week and offers several Choir Concerts throughout the year for the church and surrounding community. Our Director of Music Ministries is Bailey Joy Myers, a very talented musician. If you would like to join the choir or have questions about our music ministries, please contact Bailey at [email protected].
 
HANDBELL CHOIR
The Handbell Choir rehearses on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:00 PM. Under the direction of Emily Clough, talented floutist and musician, our handbell choir is growing and so is our collection of handbells, all donated in loving memory and/or thanksgiving.
 
RECORDER GROUP
The Recorder Group rehearses at various times when they are playing during worship services or at a special community event. Under the direction of Maybelle Kagy, talented musician, the recorder group brings joy not only to Ascension Church but to many others as they do outreach with their music in venues outside of the church.
 
WANT TO JOIN OR LEARN MORE
ABOUT ONE OR SEVERAL OF OUR CHOIRS?
Please contact the Parish Office at [email protected]
We welcome new choir members and musicians!
 
OTHER MUSICIANS WHO HANG OUT AT ASCENSION
 
Ascension is blessed to have Karen Ashbrook, world known hammered dulcimer musician, composer, teacher, Healing Musician, as a member of the church. Karen plays at special worship services, and on Thanksgiving and Christmas mornings. You may order Karen's CDs at http://karenashbrook.comYou will find yourself transported to a place of peace and tranquility, as you listen to her beautiful Celtic and Folk Music pieces.
 
 
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Children/Youth Choirs & Arts Program

The Ascension Youth Choirs strives to combine religious education with choir, music, and theater arts. The program seeks to foster the love of God through music and theater and provide content which nourishes the intellect as well as the heart so that children's musical abilities and faith can flourish. Music and arts are an essential part of the human experience and are especially important in a child's development. Exposure to music and the arts helps children increase academic skills, but more importantly, sustained participation in arts programs helps develop discipline, perseverance, reasoning skills and imagination.

Cherub & Youth Choir Directed by Bailey Joy Myers, our Director of Music Ministries, Bailey is a gifted musician, composer, director, and teacher. The Youth Choir seeks to foster the love of God through music. As a member of the choir, children will learn basic musical skills in rhythmic notation and sight singing, and apply these skills to songs and hymns from the Hymnal 1982 and other music resources. Music education has been shown to increase academic scores in subjects, such as math, while also encouraging collaboration and self-esteem.

All Choirs sing solo performances throughout the church year
and also sing as a combined choir on special occasions.
 
A Highlight of the Year is the Children's Christmas Pageant.
Directed by Bailey Joy Myers and the Sunday School Teachers
each pageant is unique, telling the Christmas story
in fresh ways that contemporary Christians can enjoy.