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Here is a picture with some of our most current members who came to the last 9pm mass of the fall semester of 2004.
We've grown so much over the past year and are looking forward to worshipping the Lord through even more venues in 2005!
Although I wanted to be apart of this group from the very beginning of my college career, , it wasn't until Mike (he's
the guy in the front on the right in the green sweater) called me up during the spring of my sophomore year to ask me
to sing in the choir that I got involved with this group. While I really wanted to add my percussion abilities
to the music at the masses by playing my drumset or some auxillary percussion instruments, Mike persuaded me to come sing
and then hopefully after time we'd be able to add in some more percussion. This was all spoken before our (meaning teens
and college students) favorite priest, Fr. Steve Knox, was transferred over to another parish.
Regardless, I've spent a good two hours each week with these people and my vocal and sightreading abilities along with
my list of friends and phone numbers have continued to grow. I've even gotten Mike to give me a few private vocal lessons
where we worked on breathing techniques, vocal warm-ups, and vowel discussion. All of this has greatly applied towards
my musical studies in school and my rehearsals and performances with u-choir this semester.
It's funny, I've been telling tons of people lately that I've found myself singing more than I have found myself playing
on drums these days (since most of what I do is on melodic and auxillary percussion instruments).
And it's also weird...I don't get nervous when I sing anymore. Whenever I sing for mass, or at school, or for a
community performance...I'm fine. I guess it's because I don't feel any pressure...I'm just using what God gave me to
worship him. But I still get pretty sick to my stomach, hot face and ears, clammy hands, and shortness of breath with
a lump in my throat while I hear and feel my heart pounding whenever I perform anything percussion related...mostly just when
I have to play alone for a percussion performance convocation or for my barriers or juries.
I'll be posting more pictures about this group as soon as I can access some of them online, but in the meantime, feel
free to check out our music ministry website.
UPDATE:
Because of unfortunate circumstances on the choir's part and a good career opportunity for Mike, we will no longer have
him as a director as of the end of May 2005, so in tribute, I'm posting some recent recordings of our choir. God Bless
you Mike and may he help you to continue recruiting followers.
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