If you could only pick one style of worship music for your church would it be a band or organ and choir?

Question

Please specify your age. Thanks!

Answer 1

Marylin Manson
39

Answer 2

Organ music. Gregorian chant or sacred polyphony if no organ is available. Not that I think praise band music is bad, I just don't feel it is proper for use in the church service itself. To me, it is too much based on the ordinary secular music you can hear on any radio station at any given time. It doesn't seem to help convey the spirituality or seriousness of a church service. To Theophilus - There are still many people who listen to and play organ music today - both inside and outside of church services. There have been and still are many fine composers of organ music. Search youtube for "church organ" (most are in churches and are used for concerts) and you'll see thousands of organ works. EDIT: Back to Theo - I fail to see how this video you found makes your point. In my original comment to you, I was just stating that the instrument you seem to have relegated to antiquity is still alive and well. If anything, the video proves that point in that - (a) the organist looks reasonably young, therefore there is a new generation of people who could become organists, (b) the medley he played was mostly recent music, though not composed for organ, someone must have made the arrangement he played, (c) there is an audience, people still go to organ concerts, and (d) organists have a sense of humor - what an interesting medley he played. :) Your comment about not allowing certain instruments in church services could be taken another way. Even though it could alienate people who play certain instruments, I've seen congregations alienated when a church switches music formats. It doesn't seem fair to either party concerned, and I don't think there's always an easy solution if the that arises. Back to the original question - my personal preference is organ music, it's what I'm comfortable with, and I hold no animosity towards praise bands or the people who enjoy them, if that's what they like. Seeing more people in church is always a good thing, no matter what the music.

Answer 3

Organ and choir, if I had to chose. To me, the best of worship or liturgical music comes from all over. The best of the past, contemporary and progressive.

At my church, we may open with a stately organ piece like Holy God, We Praise thy Name and at communion sing Shine Jesus Shine and process out to Soon and Very Soon... diversity is key.

Answer 4

Pipe organ and choir. Which is what my church has. I'm involved with the church music, and would love to see it stay classical, or at least traditional. I'm in my early 20s.

Answer 5

A choir allows flexibility of style and may even use accompaniment like an organ or even band instruments.

Answer 6

Organ and choir. I'm 40, but my answer would have been the same 25 years ago.

Answer 7

I'm lucky. Every morning I hear the birds singing and the wind whispering in the trees. I get to listen to Nature's choir. I'm 40 yrs. old.

Answer 8

choir 30+

Answer 9

I would pick a band, a band has more life, gets people into clapping and all, I am 57. Why do you ask for the age? just wondering

Answer 10

Band - 22