ADULT
The Reid Temple Orchestra provides amateur and professional adult musicians with musical enrichment, opportunities to perform, and discipleship experiences. Working in concert with the Music Ministry, Orchestra members prepare and present appropriate instrumental music for the church’s Sunday worship services and other events. Their repertoire extends from spirituals and hymns to original compositions of praise music for reed, percussion, and string instrumentalists. The Orchestra also serves as an outreach group, extending its support, through the medium of Christian music performance, to community organizations working in places and with persons in need of uplifting.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE/VOLUNTEERThe Reid Temple Orchestra rehearses every Saturday at 3:00pm on the Reid Temple-Glenn Dale Campus.
To arrange an audition, contact Bro. T. Alan Young, Orchestra Director, 301-352-0320, ext. 442.
YOUTH (RTYO)
“Youth advancing the Kingdom through music.”
The Reid Temple Youth Orchestra provides opportunities for continued study in music reading, theory, and performance for young instrumentalists (ages 8 to 13) who currently are enrolled in an instrumental program and who have completed at least two years of public or private study on their instrument. Its lessons and rehearsals focus on enriching students’ understanding of music expression as it relates to praise and worship. They also focus on connecting students’ classroom experiences to meaningful musical experiences in church as well as their communities.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE/VOLUNTEER
The Reid Temple Youth Orchestra rehearses every Saturday at 1:30pm on the Reid Temple-Glenn Dale Campus.
To arrange an audition, contact Bro. Randy Barnes, Youth Orchestra Director, 301-352-0320, ext. 452.
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