"Praise Ye My Heart" Concert
Sep 2, 2007
Event Summary
On September 2, 2007, 600 brothers and sisters and a 80-voice choir gathered together to praise and worship God at the “Praise Ye My Heart Concert” organized by the Edmonton Chinese Christian Choir. Members of the 80-voice choir were also participants of the 5th Annual Heart and Art Church Music Training. They underwent a 1-week training program on August 25 to September 2, 2007, which consisted of an intensive choral rehearsal schedule, and workshops and seminars on a variety of topics in the area of Worship and Church music. Heart and Art Church Music Training is an annual week-long intensive choir music boot camp targeting Christians in Alberta, its main objective is to improve the “heart” and “art” qualities of church musicians.
Congregation |
Handbells |
The theme for this year’s training is “Glorifying and Edifying”. Emphasis of our training is on educating participants theologically-sound worship and church music. We also encourage servant leaders to minister through music, and hence achieve the ultimate goal of glorifying God, and edifying fellow brothers and sisters.
Special speaker and conductor of this year’s training is Dr. Philip H. Chan, Associate Professor of church music at the Hong Kong Baptist Seminary. in addition, 4 faculty members of the School of Music in Concordia College also served as workshop instructors, they are Dr. Joy Berg, Eva Bostrand, Dr. John Hooper and Dr. Ping-Shan Liao.
Dr. Philip Chan |
The Joint Choir |
At the Praise Ye My Heart concert, not only that the choir presented a variety of choral selection, students of the scriptures dramatization and handbell classes at the church music training also presented in different parts of the concert. We thank God for the concert event that we can worship God through music, and as Christians of different church backgrounds to come together and praise Him, we witness the unity in Christ and lift His name on high.