Music Ministry at Calvary Lutheran Church

The worship life at Calvary is the responsibility of the Worship & Music Forum. This group of from 8-15 persons meets regularly along with the Pastor and Director of Music to review plans for worship services; to bring together those responsible for the many groups who provide lay leadership in worship (such as choirs, assisting ministers, greeters, ushers, altar guild, acolytes, and musicians); and to provide creative impetus to worship planning. Persons interested in this aspect of Parish life are urged to contact Connie Nordstrom, chair of the Worship & Music Forum.

Jeanne Elmuccio is our Director of Music Minstry at Calvary. She is responsible for the choirs, for planning worship along with the Focus Group, and for musical leadership of all worship services. Calvary worship is most often accompanied by the sounds of the 20 rank Schlicker Pipe organ. The church also uses piano, 4 octaves of Malmark handbells, and a full range of Orff instruments. The musical talents of parishioners and guests playing other instruments graces our services often.

Calvary has a strong commitment to the musical education of our children and to their and all parishioners sharing their musical talents. We offer a full graded choir program for singers from preschool through adults, in addition to the handbell choir.

CALVARY’S CHOIRS

CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Children meet on Sunday mornings. These children learn the Lutheran Liturgies, the hymns of the Faith, to read musical notation, to use their voices, and to love and enjoy singing and playing instruments.

SPIRYT

Calvary’s multitalented teens make up this choir. The acronym stands for:

S-singers

P-players

I-instrumentalists

R-ringers

Y-youth

T-team

SPIRYT is open to teens from grades 6-12. They sing, ring handbells, prepare dramatic performance, and/or play in instrumental ensembles.

CALVARY CHOIR

Calvary’s adult choir rehearses each Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. Persons of all voice parts are needed and urged to join the choir.

THE CALVARY RINGERS

Calvary´s intergenerational handbell choir is made up of persons from grade 7 - adult. The choir rehearses on Thursdays from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.