Directed by Orin Johnson, this choir is for those in 3rd–8th grades.
Children's Choir leads singing at the 11:30 Mass about once a month and occasionally for mid-week Masses, as well as Christmas and Easter Masses. Rehearsals are on Thursday afternoons at 4:45pm throughout the school year. Before your child joins the choir, reach out to Mr. Johnson for the required forms to be filled out by parent and child.
Cantors help lead the assembly’s song at almost all masses, but notably the 7:30am Sunday Mass and occasional other Masses and celebrations. Instrumentalists such as guitarists, pianists, drummers, clarinetists, flautists, strings players and many more help support the assembly’s sung prayer as well!
Contact Orin at johnsono@stsja.org.
This choir provides an important ministry during our funeral masses and occasional other morning masses during the week.
Open to all singers who are available; very few rehearsals.
Contact Orin at johnsono@stsja.org.
Our parish has released three CDs in the past few years. Most recently is a Christmas disc, "A New and Glorious Morn (Novemeber, 2019). We also have "Mother of Mercy" (2015) featuring lector Dr. Tim Wheeler and Director of Music Ministries, Orin Johnson, and an earlier CD featuring many of our various music ministry ensembles, "I Will Bless and Sing" (2013). Click here for more information!
To order your copies today, please send an email our Director of Music Ministries: Orin Johnson.
For digital (high quality mp3) sales, click here!
You can also check out our Virtual Choir recordings from 2020.
From time to time, J&A hosts guest musicians at Masses or for concerts of sacred music. If things like a parish talent show, or a parish musical, perhaps a schola of voices for occasional masses catches your eye, let Orin know! There are many ideas that can more quickly become realities with your help! And, you may not even need to be a musician to offer some of the help these sorts of projects would need. Do you have any help to offer, or other ideas for the parish musical life? If so...
Contact Orin at johnsono@stsja.org