Mr. H. A. Bekoe founded the Choir in October 1935 with some children, young men and women including his own daughters Paulina and Patricia Bekoe.

But he met with great opposition from the Session of the local church; therefore the group could never put on the robes that the founder purchased. At best, the Session was prepared to allow the group to sing and act as an ordinary singing group but not to put on robes. Under the circumstances the interest of the group began to fall off and in October 1936, the group was dissolved. Early 1938 however, the group was reorganized through the encouragements of the new Pastor in charge, Rev. P. G. Djeoleto who ruled that the local church should have a robed choir and that it should prepare for the dedication of the new chapel, which had been scheduled for 1938. Members of the dissolved choir happily came together under the old executive and the choir was formally inaugurated.

The choir continues to grow and its membership has increased greatly from twenty-three (23) to seventy (70). The activities and services it renders to the congregation and the community has also increased (Bible reading, visiting the sick, staging plays, cleaning the chapel, etc.). The Choir effectively leads the Church in singing praises to God through the singing of hymns and sacred songs. This greatly helped to enrich the Church worship and improved the spiritual standard of worshippers.

The Choir has played very unique and important roles in the formation of branch choirs (e.g. Awukugua choir) and Choir Unions in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. It was very instrumental in the formation of Akuapem-New Juaben Presbyterian Church Choirs’ Union in 1952 at Akropong.

The Choir was one of the few choirs which mooted the idea of a national union and hosted the first general meeting of the then existing Presbytery Unions – Akuapem/New Juaben, Akim Abuakwa, Kwahu and Ga/Dangme in 1957. it was therefore at the Akropong meeting that the idea of a National Union was accepted and interim officers elected.

The Choir has played host to a number of conferences, meetings and activities organized by the sub-union (Ridge Union), the Presbytery Union and the National Union- notable among them being the 1960 and 1982 National Conferences. The Choir hosted the separation of the Akuapem/Volta Presbyterian Church Choir’s Union into two separate Unions i.e. Akuapem Union and Volta Union on 6th March 1994.

The Akropong Presbyterian Church Choir has been privileged to be featured on national radio and T.V. programmes. In 1973, the Choir’s record entitled “Mons?re” became a household song. As a proof of the local Choir’s interest in Bible Study, it won the first Bible Quiz competition organized by Akuapem Volta Presbyterian Church Choirs’ Union. Michael B. Adu Asare who led the Bible Quiz team also won the Individual Prize for the competition.

The Choir is grateful to all those who helped in diverse ways to uplift the name of the Choir. The founding of the Choir has not been rosy at all; there have lots of up and downs, yet through God’s guidance and protection, the Choir is still moving along happily like a city set on a hill to give light and inspiration to younger ones and to help form new ones in the Union. Now we praise and thank God for all that He has done for Akropong Presbyterian Church Choir and pray that His presence will go with the CHOIR throughout the years ahead to sing praises to His most Holy Name.

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