The Spiritual Significance of Music

Music in worship helps us all learn, pray, rejoice, mourn. In hymns and responses, the congregation joins as the body of Christ in the liturgy - the peoples' work.

When listening to an anthem or to a piece of instrumental music, the words and music and the music itself often lead us closer to God. We all love familiar hymns and anthems. We are challenged by the new - both in ideas and in sounds.

At Metropolitan, we are blessed with a variety of opportunities to explore the spiritual significance of music. Besides gathering to learn music for the worship services, our musical groups offer times of fellowship and support. 

Over 100 adults and children participate in Metropolitan’s musical groups.

We have a several groups for adults: the Metropolitan Choir, the Metropolitan Festival Choir, the Metropolitan Handbells, and the Metropolitan Silver Band which are described in the links below.

For children and youth, we have the Metropolitan Sparklers (ages 4-6), the Metropolitan Choristers (ages 7-11), and the Great Heart Youth Ensemble (ages 12 up).

The various groups have produced recordings which are described in detail elsewhere on this site.

We also have a variety of special musical events, and Metropolitan is honoured to house two of the most historic musical instruments in Canada - our pipe organ and carillon.

{play}images/music_taster/notre_pere_jackson.mp3{/play} Click on the player to the left to hear Notre Pere by Jackson.

{play}images/music_taster//o_canada_bedard.mp3{/play} Click on the player to the left to hear  O Canada by Bédard which highlights our organ and music director.

Please join us on a Sunday or at one of our events.