Choir

Sophomore Ella Wienke navigates college with her family of 12 influencing her life from 280 miles away. The seven adopted siblings come from conditions that shaped them and changed how Wienke treats others. — By Annelise Raisanen & Addie Stern | Reporters Ella Wienke typed on her laptop in the choir room while students around her talked about classes. Room CC313 filled with the three Bethel University choirs: Bethel Choir, Lucia Chorum and Royal Register. Wienke joined in the conversation with her classmates while…

This is the story of the time someone aggressively spat in my face whilst being sat at the Organ. It started when I was hired to work with a new choir. Many of the members were old enough to be my grandparents, I expected some ‘backlash’ in the form of…

May 12th, 2023 Again, I don't know if that is the actual word — teleutaion. It is a part of the title of a song I found recently. And furious searching — since I don't like not knowing the meaning of something I like — got me nowhere. …

By Alyssa Malyon, Emma Carmichael and Mikiah Krieg Merrin Guice Gill, Director of Choral Activities at Bethel University, reflects upon her proudest moments as an educator and conductor. Carefully selecting music from a diverse array of composers, she rehearses with her students four days a week to ensure every culture’s voice is heard and celebrated.

In an uncharacteristic moment of spontaneity, I found myself googling gospel performances around the Bay Area one October evening in San Francisco. It was the fall of 2015, my life was undergoing some overwhelming personal and professional changes, and I was searching for some meaning to it all. In some…

Music alone shall live, never to die — “Without music life would be a mistake” -Friedrich Nietzsche How do we explain the profound effect of music on human emotion? It brings joy, pleasure, pain, agitation, repose, sorrow. Joy when we hear something danceable and begin to move our bodies. …

Not unlike gunshot samples, hearing children’s choirs in popular music is not exactly an uncommon phenomenon. And although the effects of the two can be drastically different, they are not incompatible and can be combined and co-exist in a same song (see MIA’s Paper Planes, and how they’re even intertwined). …

New piece for flute, pipe organ, and male choir — Composition tools: Google Magenta, tonica start, Musescore; AV tools for Youtube: Audacity, VLS, VSDC. Text2art is from Dream by Wombo.

Your passion for serving God through music is commendable, but it’s important to remember that being a minstrel of God is not just about talent. It’s also about character and discipline. As the Bible verse from Matthew 7:22–23 reminds us, “On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord…