Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, which we hope will help guide the Church both in its search for a new Director of Music and in shaping the musical programs and offerings at Christ Church going forward. Every parishioner’s input is important and valued.

As used in this survey, “Christ Church Choir” refers to the highest-level choir maintained by the Church, which generally rehearses on a weekly basis and requires a meaningful commitment of its members, and “Parish Choir” refers to an additional adult choir with reduced and less rigorous rehearsals that would be open to parishioners of all abilities and varying levels of commitment.

Please complete just one questionnaire per household and submit it only once, either online or in paper form at the Church.

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* 1. I/we have attended Christ Church for:

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* 2. I/we currently have: (check all that apply)

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* 3. When coming to Church, I/we attend our parish’s different worship services with the following frequency:

  Frequency
7:30 AM Church
8:45 AM Church
8:45 AM All Saints' Hall (Contemporary)
11:15 AM Church
11:15 AM All Saints' Hall (Discovery)
5:00 PM Church

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* 4. Would you or members of your family be more or less likely to attend the following services if they were held at different times? Please answer “N/A” for services you are not likely to attend regardless of when held.

  Likelihood of attending
Contemporary at 11:15 AM
Contemporary at 5:00 PM
Discovery at 8:45 AM

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* 5. I or a member of my family is or has been a participant in one or more of Christ Church’s choirs or ensembles. (Select all that apply.)

 
Christ Church Choir (see definition above)
Parish Choir (see definition above)
Contemporary Service Band
Children’s/Youth Choirs
Music Club with Lisa Lashley

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* 6. Take a moment to consider the kind of music program you would like to see at Christ Church. Then indicate on a scale of 1 to 5 how important each of these attributes is to you (with 1 being the highest and most important).

  Importance (1 = Highest importance)
Professional-quality organ music in the Church services
Professional-quality choral music in the Church services
Provides parishioners with opportunities to sing or play instruments
Includes a Parish Choir (see definition above)
Includes a children’s choir (elementary school youth)
Includes a youth choir (middle and high school youth)
Includes a contemporary band
Includes a youth band
Music in Church services is grounded in the Episcopal/Anglican liturgy/tradition
Music in Church services emphasizes familiar hymns/music
Music in Church services (excluding contemporary services in All Saints’ Hall) embraces a wide variety of musical types, styles and instrumentation
Offers concerts and collaborative programs with other organizations
Produces children’s musicals and similar special events
Offers musical training and education to parish children during Sunday School
Offers musical training and/or education to parish adults
Offers musical training and education beyond the parish community

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* 7. In which of the following music offerings would you or another family member be interested in participating?

 
Christ Church Choir (see definition above)
Parish Choir (see definition above)
Music Club (for children 4 yrs. to 1st grade)
Children’s Choir (for children in 2nd through 5th grade)
Youth Choir (for middle and high school students)
Providing Music for the Discovery Service
Contemporary Band
After-school music education offerings for children/youth

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* 8. Are there attributes of the music program and/or musical offerings not listed in questions 6 or 7 above that are particularly important to you or your family or in which you or members of your family would be interested in participating?

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* 9. If you or members of your family might be interested in participating in our choirs or other musical offerings but currently do not, please indicate why and/or what it would take to get you involved:

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* 10. Please take this opportunity to provide any additional commentary or feedback you would like the search committee, the clergy, and/or our new Director of Music to have about the current state of our music program, your vision/desires for the future, what we should be looking for in our new Director of Music, or anything else you would like us to know.

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* 11. This is an anonymous survey, but if you are open to being contacted about your responses, please provide your name and preferred contact information:

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