For Michael Mays, Minister of Music at New Hope Baptist Church in West End, inheriting a music department with a long and stellar history in the state of Alabama is not only a privilege but an honor.
Earlier this year, New Hope was named the nation’s best choir at the highly competitive Sound Awards in Dallas.
“It was truly a blessing,” Mays told the Birmingham Times. “Over 25 choirs across the nation hand selected by the Sound Awards competed [and] New Hope’s Choir was the only choir from Alabama selected for the Church of the Year category…