Make a Joyful Noise; Music of the 'Other' Choir with Dr. Joy Berg

St. Thomas Anglican Church, in Sherwood Park, sponsored a wonderful learning session with Dr. Joy Berg on Saturday, September 28. We welcomed 30 attendees from our parish, as well as from around the Edmonton area, to "Make a Joyful Noise!"

The 90-minute session was full of historical context, vocal technique learning, notation understanding, harmonic stylings and singing together. Berg led us on an interesting romp through our music history! We learned so much about the development of our sacred music, the history surrounding changes in styles and text and about the amazing musicians and poets that created our beloved hymns of the past and present.

Our time together flew by and we have had wonderful feedback from those attending:

• "I would love to come back and learn more!"
• "That was fascinating!"
• "I learned so much I wish I would have understood before this!"

We highly recommend this learning session and look forward to having Dr. Berg back to share her wisdom with us.