Church Choirs - leader
Tom Jaber
Director of Music and Organist, Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Houston
Tom Jaber is the Director of Music and Organist of Houston's Chapelwood United Methodist Church, one of this country's larger parish music programs. His Chapelwood Choirs have sung in hundreds of worship services, special musical services, original dinner theatre productions, recordings, and both national and international tours.
The Chapelwood Chancel Choir was the only US chorus to be invited to sing at the World Conference of the United Methodist Church in Brighton, England in 2001. The ensemble has sung concerts around the Britain, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Tom is also Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Vocal Coaching at the Shepherd School of Music. In addition to the responsibilities of coaching graduate students and senior voice majors, Mr. Jaber teaches graduate choral conducting and conducts two ensembles: the Rice Chorale and the Shepherd Singers.
Vision
The world of church choirs and sacred literature is shared the world over. Uplifting of soul, infused with meaning a joyous tribute to life. World Voices will feature Church choirs at the Sydney Opera House and also at Churches and Cathedrals around Sydney and further afield.
The Church track is open to full ensembles. However there is also a massed festival piece for Church choirs as well as an overall massed piece involving all the tracks. Individual singers are welcome to join in these two pieces if your whole ensemble is not able to join us in 2007.
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