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Music and choirs in churches criticized
Janvier Namahoro, a musician and music lover who lives in Huye, is among the critics of church singing in his place of worship.
He said: “I am not wrong. Everywhere I hear Mass, from the cathedral to the parishes that make up the diocese and to the religious communities, there is music at the very bottom! Down! Down!”
He continued, “That is, there is little knowledge, but the biggest problem is that those with little knowledge think they are advanced.”
The problem he had with other people who loved and knew music was that he would go to services and find people who didn’t know music singing, they sang long songs, they didn’t listen, and they didn’t sing well, and the accompanying musicians they seemed to be searching for.
They all said, “God, have you ever heard the choir in church say, ‘Should I go out and pray?’
Namahoro went on to say that when he looks at songwriting now, he finds that it is different from the past when there were short, practical songs that were pleasant to the ear and helped the listeners pray.
Emmanuel Niyibizi, who was praying at the ADEPR church, also said, “The confusion in church music has put us in conflict with the government during this period because of the limited knowledge of singers and musicians.”
He went on to say: “A person takes a piano, a guitar, a drum, and when he feels convinced, he hits it with all his might, or puts it on fire (volume). However, those who have knowledge, play music that pleases people and conveys a message without disturbing those who need it.”
According to him, lack of respect for musicians is one of the reasons why things don’t go well, as they often don’t know how to behave in church, especially since sometimes churches ask them to play without praying.
“Usually if you take a pianist, guitarist, drummer, even a flute player and ask them to play for us and give us great music, it’s hard for them to coordinate because everyone wants to sound better than everyone else, and then they interfere with each other because they haven’t learned how to work together,” he said.
According to him, the thing about chaos in music is that musicians don’t need to learn it, nor do they need to do it professionally.
This is what they all have in common, which made the head of the ADPE community decide to open a school in September 2024. He created the ETP (Technical Polytechnic School) in Karama, Ruhashya district, Huye district, which will train students in the field of music in the temple.
“We come to support religions, musicians and singers so that the gap between them can be bridged,” he said.
The principal of the ETP school, which used to teach construction, sewing, mechanical and electrical equipment repair, Joseph Karuranga, said they would start teaching nine courses (modules) in the church music department.
“There is something to do with reading and writing songs (Solfège), there is sound systems and music production. There is also appropriate behavior for preachers, because singers and musicians in the church are also preachers.
He continued, “But people still need to work in the studio to release songs. We will also teach piano and guitar. We will provide training to those who are already doing it as well as beginners so that they can do it well.”
This will also help young people who are learning music in church choirs as they will be able to engage in money-making activities.
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