At Holy Tab, he says, the choir is drawn entirely from the members. Patterson teaches and conducts choirs for the Cambridge public schools, the Cambridge Community Choir, and the professional gospel group The Patterson Chorale. It's the one time you have everybody in the church doing the same thing. It unifies all the minds and settles them to receive the spoken word. Even a preacher, like Bishop Smith, can't deny the power of the music.
People love singing.
When they sing, people just come. If you're new in town and seeking a church, Patterson says, ask about the choir. Gospel music was born of the spirituals sung by slaves. Now, they're not performed or even printed anymore. Spirituals have waned in popularity, perhaps because they are harder to sing.