Praise Band and Ensembles

In additional to our choir, Emmanuel Church is gifted with a great number of contemporary singers, instrumentalists, and musical groups who perform inspirational music from all traditions – classical, jazz, gospel, praise, and rock-n-roll.

Once a month our Praise Band begins worship early with a 30 minute song set that is upbeat and spirited. The children leave Sunday School classes early to dance and bang on rhythm instruments! The Emmanuel Praise band includes two keyboards, guitar, bass and drums, with two vocalists backed by other band members voices.

In addition to the Praise Band, Emmanuel has a number of performance bands. “Soul Force,” a soul band made up of 6 church members, performs their own original compositions that have lyrics that resonate with the mystic poets. “Second Chance” is small group of very talented musicians who play occasionally. We have a resident folk singer, Scot Zaffora-Reeder, and our organist/keyboardist, Phillip Lai, is a singer and songwriter.