18th Annual Choristers Guild Festival
Song Tour of the Christian Year
Saturday, March 1, 2008
This year's festival took a tour through the Christian year - Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. David Bone, clinician, in collaboration with the Chapter’s Board selected the repertoire to be applicable to children’s choirs of all ages and across all denominations.
Location
- Kirkwood United Methodist Church
- 201 West Adams
- Kirkwood, Missouri 63122
- Map
Clinician
David
Bone is the Executive Director of The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music
and Worship Arts. In addition to this full-time position, David is the co-author
of “The United Methodist Music and Worship Planner” and “Prepare!
A Weekly Worship Planbook.” David was an editor of “FaithSongs”,
a children’s songbook published by Abingdon Press, and “Church
Music for Children”, a graded children's choir curriculum, also published
by Abingdon Press. Several of his choral arrangements have also been published.
David holds Master of Music degrees in Sacred Music and Choral Conducting from Southern Methodist University.
David is a regular clinician at local and national events in the areas of music, worship, and choral conducting.
Festival Music
- Dance and Sing, for the Lord Will Be with Us by Hal Hopson, Choristers Guild CGA749
- Advent.
- Long, Long Ago by Gary Alan Smith, Abingdon 501717
- Christmas.
- O Lord, You Know Me Completely by Hal Hopson, Choristers Guild CGA833
- Lent.
- Sing Out with Joy! by Mark Patterson, Choristers Guild CGA1051
- Easter.
- Go Into the World by Natalie Sleeth, Choristers Guild CGA209
- Anthem.
- Lord of the Dance (Traditional)
- Festival Hymn.
Workshops
In this year's workshops we made palm crosses and played a game of musical instrument bingo.
Participating Churches
- Church of the Advent, Episcopal, Crestwood, MO
- www.advent-episcopal.org
- Kirkwood United Methodist Church, Kirkwood, MO
- http://www.kirkwoodumc.org/
- Saint Monica Parish, Creve Coeur, MO
- http://www.stmonicastl.org/






















