informational meeting

What’s TAIZE?WHY A.M.A?

WHAT KIND of CHOIR?YOUR

COMMITMENTYour audition

What’s TAIZE?

The Taize website: http://www.taize.fr/en_rubrique8.html

The choir at Taize: http://amachoir.shutterfly.com/pictures (password: TAIZE)

A rural French village in Burgundy

A community of Christian monks since

the 1950’s

and by tens of thousand of teens from all over the world each year

Visited by popes and saints

A place of friendship, prayer and service

Who sing A.M.A for God together

WHY A.M.A?

A. FOR AMEN

M. FOR MARANATHA

A. FOR ALLELUIA

A biblical SUMMARY OF OUR WORSHIP AND OF THE HYMNS OF TAIZEAMA: the commandment to love in Latin

WHAT KIND of CHOIR?

A CAPELLAPOLYPHONICLITURGICALTHE CHOIR SINGS FOR MASSES AND OFFICES,

AT SCHOOL AND AWAYThe Advent prayer service 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0uwZN9lUc

Not a class for voice or music

lessons

Not a regularClub but with a sacred mission

Singing mostly repetitive Taize

hymns…

… for the archbishop installation, all over

Georgia, for graduations, in France…

YOUR COMMITMENT

Practice every Tuesday and Thursday after 4th period

Sing on week-ends a few times each semester

Be always here and be on time

Always announce your absence

This is a team that counts on you

Your director is responsible for you

Come to sing prayerfully

This is the Word of God for God’s worship with God’s people

Your audition

After school next weekVisit the choir webpage: http://flaunayfallasse.wikispaces.com/AMA+CHOIR

Sign-up on the roster on Mr. LF’s door

Nothing to prepare, no need to be a

cantor!

3 of us will judge if you can simply

be on tune…

… learn a melody quickly and hold your

part while harmonizing

Thank you for joining us

AMA & god bless you