Music at St. John's
Worship is at the heart of our parish life. Worship is supported and enriched by the work of our choirs and fine musical instruments.

The Parish Choir
plays an important part in the life of St. John’s Church and is composed of 14 to 18 talented and dedicated volunteers. This choir participates in over 50 services each year, singing anthems in each service, and leading the congregation in the singing of hymns, psalms and service music. While the core of our repertoire is drawn from our Anglican heritage, we sing music from many periods and styles. All voice parts are welcome.

Parish Choir rehearsals
are on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. August through May. In June and July the choir rehearses on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m.

The Boy and Girl Choir
is composed of young people in grades three and above. This choir sings alone or with the parish choir at all major feasts and celebrations throughout the year. This choir is responsible for the Family Service on Christmas Eve afternoon.

All people are welcome in our choirs
and you do not need to be a member of the parish to participate. We expect only a faithful commitment to the work of the choirs.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the choirs or participating in the work of the music program at St. John’s, please contact Conrad Soderstrom at or at (318) 377-1259.

The Organ
in St. John’s Church is a 16-rank pipe organ built in 1992 by Dan Garland of Fort Worth, Texas. Although originally designed as a small unit organ to fit both the budget and space limitations, interest generated by the new instrument soon produced support for additions to the main organ and the addition of a small Nave division mounted on the rear wall above the entrance. Of special interest is the solo trumpet stop mounted horizontally from the case above the doors.

Hand Bells and Chimes
We are fortunate to own a two octave set of hand bells cast by the Dutch bell foundry of Petit and Fritsen, and a three octave set of Malmark hand chimes; both are used to enrich the singing of the choirs and congregation as well as occasionally being used alone.

Harpsichord
The parish also has available for it’s use a Zuckerman Italian Virginal.

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