[sionnsar]

(Many) Years ago I was a member of a small church whose choir rather accurately named itself "The Joyful Noise." Joyful they were and though they did work at their music, to be frank, and we all knew it... they were never going to cut an album.

It didn't matter. Their hearts sang louder than their voices -- and far more in tune to the rest of us parishioners than a paid and technically-proficient choir could ever do.

[tellw]

Actually, choirs get good not by making noise but by learning to sing as clearly and quietly as possible. Think Gregorian chant. Simple music sung quietly and beautifully is within reach of any amateur choir.

[Flavius Josephus]

Churches that spend a lot on singers make me sick. That's why I quit my old choir.