Music At The Basilica

Music Ministry

Our music ministers provide ministry through one of the church vocal ensembles, and as cantors and instrumentalists. Our instrumentalists come to us from the professional music community, local high schools, Bethune-Cookman College Music Department, and Stetson University School of Music. Our Music Ministry is led by professionals in the following area:  Director of Music, Associate Director of Music, Directors of Children's Choirs, Gospel Choir Director.  Frequently, one college semester during the school year, we have a music student from either Bethune-Cookman College Music Department or Stetson University School of Music to serve as a music intern.

Ensembles include:

• The Basilica Principal Choir

• Spanish Choir and Bi-lingual Choir

• Resurrection Choir

• Gospel Choir

• Treble Choir

• Children's Choir

CHURCH INSTRUMENTS

St. Paul Church is unique in so many ways -- one of them being the sounds from two organs.  The main organ console is located in the front of the church, and the gallery organ console is located in the choir loft in the rear of the church.

The main organ was installed in 1997, and is a three-manual Allen digital organ.  It has 70 speaking voices and 80 ranks of pipe organ samplings.  The instrument also has an expander with additional voices featuring 255 digital stops and 94 ranks of pipe organ samplings.   The main organ sounds from the gallery of the church and the antiphonal division of this organ is located in the front, east transept.  There are a total of 174 ranks of pipe organ samplings.

The gallery organ was installed in 1999, and is a two-manual Allen Renaissance digital organ.  It features 34 stops, with 36 digital ranks of pipe samplings.  The expander on this instrument has 100 digital stops and 84 digital ranks.  There is a total of 120 ranks of pipe organ samplings. 

The facade pipe work for the main organ (both in the gallery and the east transcept) was built and installed by Guzowski & Steppe Pipe  Organbuilders of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

Since the church has two completely independent organs and consoles, the music ministry has been able to feature organ duets and antiphonal choirs accompanied by two organists.  It also allows for our Principal Choir to minister from either choir area.  However, the most unique feature of the two church organs is their linking through digital interfacing.  This allows the gallery organ to be controlled from the main organ console, and vice versa.  The organs can also be joined together as one instrument – playable from either location.  In that case, the combined organs have the power and versatility of 294 ranks of pipe samplings, and together form the largest instrument in the entire Daytona Beach area.  In today's market, building and installing two organs utilizing complete pipe work would cost anywhere from $3-5 million dollars.

 Recordings

In addition to the special concerts and musical events offered by our choirs, three professional recordings are available:

Let This Place Be a Symbol

Live from Rome, Italy

Music Samples

Silent Night, Holy Night.

Music Samples

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