The Middleport Community Choir (MCC) was created when members of Middleport area parish choirs performed together for special church services. In early 1999, a special effort was made to form a choir that would perform in concert with the visiting St. Andrew’s Brass Ensemble from Lubbecke, Germany. The concert was presented on April 5, 1999. Following the concert, our German guests invited the vocal choir and the community handbell choir (The Middleport Bell Tones) to visit Germany in September 2001. The disastrous events of September 11th postponed the trip, but it was rescheduled for September 2002. Seeing the countryside and living with the people was wonderful and singing and ringing in churches and castles, built before America was founded, was inspiring. Since then the MCC has had the pleasure of hosting and performing with our German friends in September 2005. A return trip to Germany is planned for September 2008.
From its inception, the Middleport Community Choir has tried to live up to it purposes:
1. To provide an opportunity for musicians to use their talents for personal expression and satisfaction and to glorify God;
2. To bring musical enjoyment into the lives of others; and
3. To foster the ecumenical spirit in the Middleport area.
The choir is grateful to the Middleport Area Clergy and Churches Association (MIACCA) for being its sponsoring institution. Six area churches are represented in our membership.
Presently the choirs perform at local civic and religious functions throughout the year and present an annual Cantata to the community. Venturing into more secular music, the choirs in conjunction with the Lockport Community Band, have presented “Musical Memories” concerts at the Historic Lockport Palace Theater in October 2003, October 2004, and most recently in November 2006, as well as a prism concert in May of 2006.
Choir membership is open to anyone interested in singing and joining in the fellowship shared by members.
