The Messiah Chancel Choir is a community of singers committed to musical excellence and missional impact.

We extend a broad welcome to singers of varying age, experience, and training, with an emphasis on bringing our best as individuals–from those new to choral singing to singers with years of training and experience. We weave this all together in a beautiful and diverse expression of community. This is the power of a choral ensemble!

Our singers range in age from high school to 80+ and everything in between. We are truly a multi-generational team, and we all learn from each other.

As we prepare music for Sundays at Messiah Church, supporting worship with liturgical leadership and beautiful choral expression, we are also shaping who we are as a choral community with a seasonal repertoire-based approach. Our repertoire ranges from established, historical classics to music from a broad spectrum of living composers, including new works being written at Messiah Church!

If all of this seems a little intimidating, don’t worry! We are passionate about bringing singers together of all levels to work hard, grow together, find meaning, and have fun!

In celebration of our nation’s Semiquincentennial, the Messiah Chancel Choir’s repertoire theme for this fall is “American Songs.” From Aaron Copeland to Woody Guthrie, American spirituals, protest songs, and the works of indigenous and living composers like Jennifer Lucy Cook and William Linthicum-Blackhorse, we will explore the complex weaving of cultures that have shaped a uniquely American musical expression - oppression, liberation, sorrow, triumph, grief, repentance, and redemption.

In addition to bringing many of these works to Sunday services throughout the season, we’ll culminate our project with a concert in November that brings it all together!

You can learn more about our over-all approach to Sunday worship here.