Music
About
Communal worship is a focal point of our gathering together, and music provides ways in which we share our love for God, both through congregational singing and prepared pieces by our choir and instrumentalists. We worship at 11:00AM in our Sanctuary each Sunday morning, as well as in our Chapel at various times throughout the year. We also occasionally have special services outdoors. Our traditional services are “liturgical-lite,” honoring the beauty and majesty of worshiping God in the Sanctuary and following the Christian year together, but are also family-oriented and relaxed. Our worship music is led by our Associate Pastor for Music & Worship Rev. David Cameron, and Baxter Jennings (organist/pianist), along with gifted musicians in our church choir/ensembles and instrumentalists who play everything from keyboard to guitar to dulcimer to wind and percussion instruments.
Music Latest News
FBC Christmas Cantata 2023
Our Christmas Cantata for 2023 will be amazing – join us!
ELC Summer Choir Presents, “The Big Fish”
"The Big Fish" Musical Friday, August 11, 2023 12:00 p.m. Noon, FBC Sanctuary Our FBC ELC school-age Children's Choir invites you to the performance of the Children's Musical, "The Big Fish". The musical will be on Friday, August 11, 2023 at noon in the Sanctuary....
First Music Academy Lessons – Winter 2023
First Baptist’s Music Ministry, led by Rev. David Cameron, seeks to help adults and children learn music as a means of spiritual growth.
Choirs & Ensembles
First Baptist Church has a Sanctuary choir that meets weekly and sings specially-prepared anthems for church services. Led by Rev. David Cameron, the choir brings beauty and meaning to each of our worship experiences. Do you sing or want to learn how? We’d love to have you join our choir! Our music program also seeks out the musically talented for solos and smaller ensembles as well. FBC has a five-octave handbell set, various string instruments, and we are always seeking those who can read music to play our instruments.
Psalm 150: 3-6
Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with clanging cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
First Music Academy
First Baptist’s Music Ministry, led by Rev. David Cameron, wants children and youth to learn music as an art, a discipline, and a way of loving God and neighbor. Founded in 2020 and re-launched in 2022 after a brief hiatus, the First Music Academy seeks to create space for this kind of growth and learning.
Mission Statement
First Music Academy of First Baptist Church Martinsville, Virginia exists to provide music instruction and mentorship in the context and safety of a Christian Community. Its goal is to inspire and equip students to become excellent musicians, outstanding thinkers and articulate advocates for music, for the sake of others, and in service to God’s Kingdom.
Purpose
To achieve its goal of inspiring students through music, First Music Academy immerses children and youth in the formative experience of making music and fostering creativity all under the mentorship of music professionals and scholars who are committed to the mission First Music Academy. To achieve its goal of equipping students, the First Music Academy provides both music classes as well as one-on-one studio instruction with professional teachers, end-of-term recitals, and instrument-specific literature and pedagogy.
First Music Academy serves First Baptist Church of Martinsville Virginia, the FBC Early Learning Center, and the broader community by maintaining a safe and secure venue to interested and talented students and community members, and by offering high-quality recitals performed by our own musicians as well as by guest artists. No matter the context, First Music Academy believes that the ultimate purpose of music is to honor God, and that the appropriate response to the experience of music is gratitude and adoration for the Creator, who is the source of every good and perfect gift.
First Music Academy
Classes & Lessons
The First Music Academy will be growing in the coming months, but beginning Fall 2022, the academy will offer:
MUSIC CLASSES FOR PRE-K EARLY LEARNING CENTER CLASSES
PreK-3 Class will meet with “Pastor David” at 10:30AM on Thursdays to learn the elements of music (steady beat, matching pitches, movement, stage poise, camaraderie & how to sing and perform music as a group).
PreK-4 Class will meet with Pastor David at 11:00AM on Thursdays to learn the elements of music (steady beat, matching pitches, movement, stage poise, camaraderie & how to sing and perform music as a group).
MUSIC DURING CHAPEL TIME WITH PASTOR LIBBY AND PASTOR DAVID
Along with our chapel time with Pastor Libby each Tuesday at 10:00AM, children will learn Bible story songs with Pastor David. Children of all ages (toddlers through age 4) will learn to sing and perform movements to children’s Bible songs.
MUSIC CLASSES FOR OUR AFTER SCHOOL K-5 CHILDREN
Kindergarten-2nd Grade Music Class will meet with Pastor David at 3:30PM on Thursdays to learn the elements of music (steady beat, matching pitches, movement, stage poise, camaraderie & how to sing and perform music as a group), as well as beginning music theory (recognizing notes, pitches, interval training, and more).
3rd-5th Grade Music Class will meet with Pastor David at 4:00PM on Thursdays to learn the elements of music (steady beat, matching pitches, movement, stage poise, camaraderie & how to sing and perform music as a group), as well as beginning music theory (recognizing notes, pitches, interval training, and more).
PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
Coming soon! In the future, First Music Academy hopes to expand and offer other private music instruction, choral and group music lessons, and more! Come GROW with us at First Baptist’s First Music Academy!
