From Oregon-This sounds crazy, but church choirs gotta do what they gotta do. On Sunday, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir plans to sing every hymn in the book. That's 720 hymns, covering Christmas, Easter, all four seasons, phases of life and odes to saints. The public is invited to come and go, sing along and pledge money during the free event.
The choir, under Michael Kleinschmidt's direction, is raising money for a trip to England in August. It's been invited to be the choir-in-residence at Bristol Cathedral for a week while the Bristol choir is on summer break.
Trinity Choir's 46 members will sing one verse of each hymn, accompanied by Kleinschmidt or his assistant, Christopher Keady. They are collecting pledges, so do the math: A dime per hymn = $72. $1 per hymn = $720. It's one of several fundraising events to raise a total of $35,000, Kleinschmidt says.
"This is a great way for an American church choir to stretch and grow as musicians," he says.
"It's a treasure trove of sung prayers and praises. Like a good book, it reads you more than you read it."
More here-
http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2014/01/trinity_episcopal_cathedral_to.html
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