Composer Kathryn Rose began Cecilia’s List to help music directors find sacred choral music written by women. Her site links directors to music grouped by Season and by Lectionary readings.
Jazz composer and pianist Deanna Witkowski shows how hymn arrangements can enrich our interactions with familiar texts. And she discusses how we can better welcome guest musicians into our congregations.
What’s the difference between ministry and a job when your income comes from a church but you’re not a pastor? What is your vocation and calling? In this week’s podcast episode, church musician Crawford Wiley and I discuss how our personal identities align with our ministry in the church. Neither of us is a pastor, …
Catholics can sing! Here’s how one music director leads congregational singing at Mass in bilingual and multi-ethnic parishes.
There’s no regular Music and the Church podcast this week because I’ve spent several days taking care of a sick toddler (fortunately he’s on the mend). But I want drop in with this reminder:
Want to get kids to church VERY early on Sunday mornings? Here’s how one music leader uses bands to get youth invested in music ministry.
We might be the experts in the room, and our expertise is valuable, but so are experiences of the people we lead.
What are artists-in-residence and how can they benefit churches and musicians? Learn from concert organist Chelsea Chen about artist residencies and visioning for concert series. Chelsea Chen has held Artist-in-Residence positions at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fr. Lauderdale, FL). She draws on her experiences there as well as in …
Church services can be incredibly distracting places, especially for leaders—you’re in the choir, you’re reading the scriptures, you’re leading prayers, you’re preaching the sermon. What does it mean for us participate with our hearts—not just our lips!—when we’re busy with mundane things like adjusting a microphone or remembering a last minute announcement?
If you’re in a majority-white American church, singing global songs like “Siyahamba” brings up questions like — “Is singing this cultural appropriation or ethnotourism?” and “What is the relationship between global song and the universal Church?”