Nnadiebube Journal of Education

We are used to having choral competitions among the people of God at different levels of the ecclesial structure. That may even be the problem, doing the same thing always without a mechanism to evaluate what it achieves A discussion of this nature is a very fundamental appraisal of the relationship between ‘what ought to be’ and ‘what is’ in the general practice of liturgical music or sacred music. The relevance of the chosen title comes to the fore in the face of principles and objectives that can be misconceived or misconstrued and most improperly executed. When the competition is no longer healthy in the values it promotes, in the emotions it generates, in the rivalry it engineers, in the vanity it glamorizes, synergy it fails to provide in the musical life of a parish, yes in the faith it fails to deepen, then it has not only failed to serve as a sacred exercise, it may also lead to sins and ultimately away from God. ;

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