The Master Singers, Inc. is a faith based choir with a purpose - a place for singers from all walks of life who have a musical gift whether formally/professionally trained or not. It is a place for those who love to sing Christian contemporary choral music and who want to share it collectively with the spiritually likeminded. We are a multi-denominational group of singers brought together with a purpose: "To enhance the musical experience within the church universal, with excellence and enthusiasm, by profoundly expressing God's Word in the contemporary choral setting."
V I S I O N
The Master Singers, Inc. is a regional community Choir seeking to impact the world through the vehicle of Contemporary Christian Choral Music. In the tradition of the Dr. Gary Bonner Singers (www.BonnerMusic.com) of Southern California and Voices of Hope Choir of Portland, Oregon (www.VoicesofHopeChoir.org), the Master Singers, Inc. hopes to capture the hearts and souls in the communities it serves through a divinely inspired spiritual and musical experience.
P U R P O S E
"To enhance the musical experience within the church universal, with excellence and enthusiasm, by profoundly expressing God's Word in the contemporary choral setting."
C O M M U N I T Y F O C U S
The community focus of the Master Singers, Inc. is to perform occasional benefit concerts to help fund the needs of other faith-based community organizations, raise awareness of quality of choral music, and honor God. In the choir's first season, CTMS has performed for the benefit of Helping Hands Ministry of Belton, Hope Pregnancy Centers, Inc., Patriot Kids Ministries, and First Baptist Church of Temple.
P E R F O R M A N C E S
Our desire is to encourage, uplift and enrich our audiences through choral music. The choir has captured the hearts of the communities it serves and is known for it's unique enthusiasm, dedication to performance excellence and enlightening performance personality. See Choir knows The Message is the message...
R E P E R T O I R E
The Master Singers, Inc. blends a classical sound with modern day vocal diction to articulate both the musical and scripted message. The choir primarily performs contemporary works of varying styles written and orchestrated by modern composers such as Mark Hayes, David T. Clydesdale, Mary McDonald, Pepper Choplin, Glenn Picket, Tom Fettke, Cindy Berry, Russell Maulden, Joel Raney, and many more. As new anthems are produced, the choir's repertoire remains flexible, demanding and fresh.
T H E C H O I R , E X P E C T A T I O N S & C O M M I T M E N T
The choir is made up of Christian singers of varying musical backgrounds and primarily performs piano accompanied music and some acapella forms. At Christmas, the choir performs fully orchestrated concerts as well. Singers are from all faiths, denominations and belief systems of the Christian mindset.
Participating with the Master Singers , Inc.requires an extraorindary level of commitment. The choir performs fully memorized, maintains a rigerous performance schedule, rehearses weekly and pursues excellence in sound and musicianship. Singers are expected to attend all rehearsals with consistency and perform in all scheduled performances.
R E H E A R S A L S
Rehearsals are held at the First Baptist Church of Belton, TX in the Choir Rehearsal Room on Monday evenings from 7 PM to 9 PM. Singers are expected to make rehearsals with consistency. Singers are expected to rehearse from home as needed to accomplish mastery as music is performed from memory. Request an audition and/or come join the fun and excitement!
All rehearsals are open to the public to enjoy a musical listening experience.