…we’re about DISCOUNTED MUSIC and OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY!

In thousands of churches across the country there are worship and music directors (volunteer, part-time, bi-vocational, full-time) who could say about their church’s music ministry,  ”My adult choir sings an anthem each Sunday.”

Or “My church orchestra has both young and experienced players.”

Or “My youth choir needs more guys.”

Or “My praise team introduces two new worship songs per month.”

Or “My children’s choirs present a musical each summer.”

Or many other descriptions of size, instrumentation, activity, etc.

Each church vocal and instrumental ensemble is a unique combination of musicians with a wide range of experience and skill levels, but with the common goal of using musical gifts and talents in the service of our Lord, to support the worship of God’s people, and to lead them in obeying the final command in the Book of Psalms,  “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord!”  Ps 150:6

So, this web site is about supporting the many and varied vocal and instrumental ministries in your church in several specific ways.

First of all, my desire is to offer you the best music at the best price. The one common need we all have is for good music to sing and to play, and in these “tight” financial times, we need to be good stewards of our music ministry budgets.   On my Music Purchasing Pages you will find major church music publishers’ offerings and I commit to giving you the largest possible discounts for their music (generally 30% off choral music collections and octavos and 10% to 30% off tracks, listening CDs, orchestrations and other items) and, as a bonus, additional % off for contributing to this web site in various ways.

Secondly, I hope this site will become a source of inspiration and encouragement to you all.  I want it to be very interactive ~ a place you can ask questions, get ideas, and share your plans and accomplishments.  The Community Tab will be a place you can participate in surveys, promote your church’s special programs, find out about training opportunities, advertise services, recruit players, etc.  I have several blogging streams going which I hope will be an encouragement to you. You are invited to join in the conversation and to share your thoughts, opinions, expertise, ideas, etc.

Thirdly, I would love to help those of you who have done some writing and arranging of your own.  I can help you create professionally engraved scores and parts from your handwritten arrangements.  And, if you’d like to share your compositions and arrangements with others we can post those for others to see and purchase (or share for free.) I’d also love to help provide vocal and instrumental arrangements that “fit” your group.  (You can see some samples of my work using Finale Music Writing Software under the Anthem Orchestrations tab.)

Welcome to the site. Enjoy! Let me know what you think. If you have suggestions about how this site can be made better, please share those as well.

Carl Rogers, Orange Park, FL

carl@MyChurchOrchestra.com