Worship and Music at Old Ship
At Old Ship the minister and music director complement each other, together creating a distinctive worship experience. Sermon topics address a wide range of spiritual and social concerns, as well as contemporary issues. Music, chosen from a wide variety of sacred and secular sources, is performed by a dedicated choir of fine musicians (some professionals), who are often accompanied by instrumentalists. Our fine digital-sound Allen organ has the power and diversity of the old pipe organs.
A new Worship and Music Committee has been organized and will be posting its mission and goals soon.
Choir at Old Ship
The choir at Old Ship Church is composed of amateur singers, supplemented by a professional SATB quartet. The only prerequisite for membership is a love of singing. People of all ages (beginning with high school students) are cordially invited to join, whether or not they read music. The choir sings at every Sunday service from September through June, providing musical inspiration and support for the day's topic. Classical selections, pop songs, jazz tunes, folk music and spirituals are all in the repertoire, as well as music from other cultures and religions from around the world. Guest instrumentalists are added from time to time.
Music director
The music director, Joan Nahigian, has a varied background of experience and education. She has a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory, has given concerts and appeared as a soloist with choruses in the United States and Europe. She has directed choirs and public school musicals in Massachusetts, and teaches piano and voice in her home studio in Cohasset.
If you like to sing or think you might want to, you are invited to try out our choir.
In lieu of mid-week choir rehearsals there are MP3's of singers' parts available for e-mail every two weeks. Singers are expected to learn music on their own between Sundays using printed music and recordings of their parts provided by the music director, sent by email. . The choir meets at 9:30 on Sunday mornings to polish the music for the service. For further information, call the Old Ship office, or email or telephone Joan Nahigian, Director of Music at (781) 749-1679.
