The Covid-19 Pandemic allowed us to reinvent our parish Music Ministry. Virtual choirs, where singers and instrumentalists record their parts at home, and then everyone is joined together through the use of editing technology, allowed us to continue to share our gift of song to our congregation - and indeed - to the whole world! While most other church choirs were silent, Norm felt that it was crucial to engage our valued volunteers in any way possible, and so began creating a series of virtual choir videos. In fact, the first collaborative effort by the musicians and singers of the Eight Great Churches of the East was our video of Bob Hurd's "Ubi Caritas."
In the following year, the SJW Choirs produced more than 50 virtual choir videos - including full length Lessons & Carols and Tenebrae videos. To date, these videos have been viewed more than 65,000 times! Please enjoy these offerings, created during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.