A warm welcome to all coming to Annual Conference in Fort Wayne! I am deeply honored to lead the adult choir singing for daily worship services during the conference and hope you come sing with us!
We have rehearsals each day and have chosen music that is both gratifying to sing AND easy to learn. Our first rehearsal will be on Sunday at 4:45 and I hope we “hit the ground running” since we’ll be singing for the first service on Sunday! Below you will find information about the anthems we’ve selected as well as information on receiving scores in advance of the Conference.
Many thanks in advance for your participation in this most wonderful part of Annual Conference!
Blessings,
Matt Fritz, Adult Choir Director
Matthew Fritz is Director of Music for Traditional Worship at Lancaster Church of the Brethren in Lancaster, PA. He directs the 35-voice Chancel Choir as well as the 4-octave Carillon Bell Choir. Matt is also Professor of Music at Elizabethtown College where he has served for the last 25+ years as Director of Choral and Vocal Studies. He directs several choirs and teaches courses in musicianship, conducting, music education, and music technology. A graduate of Westminster Choir College (BME), Florida State University (MM-Choral Conducting) and UMKC Conservatory of Music (DMA-Choral Conducting) he is husband to Carrie (a K-6 music educator) and father to Claire and Brendan (both music majors at Westminster Choir College.)
Rehearsal Schedule
Grand Wayne Convention Center, Hall B/C
| Sunday | 4:45 p.m.to 5:45 p.m. |
| Monday | 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
The choir will sing in all five worship services, starting on Sunday evening.
Anthems
If you order the Choir Packet when you register for AC, these will be mailed to your home. If you do not order them in advance, you will have the opportunity to buy them at the first choir rehearsal as supplies last.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, by Gilbert Martin
This is My Word, by Pepper Choplin
Come thou Fount of Every Blessing, by Mack Wilberg
A Servant’s Song, by Joseph Martin
5th anthem TBD