tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post8144048692176606898..comments2024-01-19T10:05:48.648-08:00Comments on The Latter-day Saint Organist: The Revisions to the Church Handbook of InstructionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post-43600444121550733622012-06-03T13:07:38.916-07:002012-06-03T13:07:38.916-07:00I believe that that these names are reserved speci...I believe that that these names are reserved specifcally for choirs that are sanctioned and chartered by the church...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post-8772854707185778412011-11-24T13:58:48.934-08:002011-11-24T13:58:48.934-08:00Hello I am too at present a stake music chairman, ...Hello I am too at present a stake music chairman, I can understand the need to limit to many variants when it comes to musical instruments in sacrament meetings. However, when we have our "Stake Christmas Festival" December 3rd, I have suggested many "other" instrumental options. So it is about what is appropriate for the ocassion. I do feel that one of my roles (being in this calling off and on over 25 years) is to raise the standard of music. To enhance the spirit. Remembering, this is our main aim as music leaders. Thanks for reading StuartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post-71415029443247539172011-04-17T21:16:02.498-07:002011-04-17T21:16:02.498-07:00When I was a Ward Music Chairman I got approval an...When I was a Ward Music Chairman I got approval and had someone play the French Horn for a Christmas number and it was gorgeous and very reverent. A lot of instruments can be reverent when played a certain way. By percussion I think they're talking about drums, woodblocks, claves, maracas, triangles, xylophones, etc. It's a world-wide church and there are a lot of congregations that have different ethnic and musical backgrounds than we have in the U.S.<br /><br />Regarding the new handbook, I was disappointed that it says community choirs cannot use the name LDS or Mormon. So I did some research and there are exactly 13 choirs in the United States that use LDS or Mormon in their name. By contrast there are literally hundreds of non-music businesses that use those terms. Currently the choirs using the now forbidden terms are doing great missionary work in their communities...The Portland Mormon Choir and Orchestra, Las Vegas Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus, East Valley Mormon Choral Organization, San Diego Mormon Choir and Orchestra, Sugar Hill LDS Choir, The Colorado Mormon Chorale, etc. These choirs are doing for members outside Utah what the Mormon Tabernacle Choir does for those in their area, exposing church members to a higher standard of music. I am curious as to why these choirs have to change their names, some of which have been around a very long time, while not a word was mentioned about businesses like LDSsingles.com, LDS Agents, or LDSweddings.com who are using the name only to drum up business. <br /><br />Any thoughts on the subject?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post-33546022833830916012011-01-04T18:00:25.560-08:002011-01-04T18:00:25.560-08:00I am also a Stake Music Chair in my stake. I foun...I am also a Stake Music Chair in my stake. I found a couple of interesting differences in the new handbook. It states not to use "less reverent instruments, which include [and I quote exactly] 'most brass and percussion instruments'". I have often thought that the French Horn has a reverent mellow tone that would sound very well in sacrament meeting with appropriate music. I wonder if this is now allowed? <br /><br />And did you know that a piano is considered a percussion instrument? While I also feel that drums are not a very reverent instrument, bells, chimes, and xylophones and those types of instruments are also percussion and could find very reverent introductions to music as well. Yes, most interesting to read the differences. I wonder what some of them mean exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241108618966989287.post-239121954225505172010-11-16T11:17:14.066-08:002010-11-16T11:17:14.066-08:00Thanks for doing this. Helps a lot.Thanks for doing this. Helps a lot.music manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677806749413247574noreply@blogger.com