Sunday, August 22, 2021 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Leadership
Some of the most visible people in your church are the members of your worship band. They are typically on stage as much as your pastor! What is their role as a leader in the worship gathering and what is your role in preparing them to lead? Let’s talk about it in the Worship Band = Worship Leader session.
Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Leadership
If you can’t hear the right things, you probably won’t play the right things either! In the Band Sound Check session, we’ll talk about the different options for monitoring and what each band member needs to hear in order to play well with the rest of their team.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 | Alleluia Conference, Instrumental Studies & Techniques, Music Theory, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Leadership
Should worship band members be able to read music? What kind of charts are most helpful for your worship band? What is the best way to give them all the details while avoiding page turns? We’ll answer these questions and more in the Teaching Your Worship Band a Song session.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Leadership
Explaining what you want your band to play can be difficult! In the Band Language session, we will talk about the weekly elements needed for your band to be well-prepared and to lead worship with excellence. We’ll discuss effective communication tips as well as the art of speaking the language of your band.
Friday, July 31, 2020 | Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Lab
A very important conversation with a sound engineer as part of the “How to talk to a” series
Friday, July 24, 2020 | Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Lab, Worship Leadership
The importance of communicating well with the Keys Player as part of the “How to talk to a” series.
Friday, July 17, 2020 | Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Lab, Worship Leadership
Essentials of how to talk to a acoustic/electric player in the band
Friday, July 10, 2020 | Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Lab
How to talk to a bass player & drummer using the right language.
Friday, July 19, 2019 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
In James’ final session at the 2019 Alleluia Conference he works to answer questions from participants on creative ways to teach and lead.
Thursday, July 18, 2019 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
There are a plethora of resources for band-led worship in our day and time. We’ll dive in and explore as many as possible, including methodologies for learning instruments, different ways of writing/reading charts for bands,
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
You don’t have to have a 12-piece band with dueling electric guitars, lights, and smoke in order to incorporate modern worship music in your service! We will discuss how to introduce modern music in various ways. Whether
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Leadership
Knowing how to recruit musicians for your praise band can sometimes be a daunting task. And once you get them on your team understanding how to keep them motivated to stay involved is an important part of your job as a…
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
One of the best ways to learn how to work with a praise band is to see a real life example. In this session we will walk through a live rehearsal with a band of church musicians preparing for…
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
Musicians have their own language and at times volunteers don’t understand the language a band uses to communicate. Sometimes we as leaders need refreshers or don’t know…
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | Alleluia Conference, Organ Performance & Techniques, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
In this workshop we will examine a few congregations that regularly…
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
The worship music planner plays both a pastoral and prophetic role in the life of the church. Join Greg Scheer in discussing the importance of a healthy song repertoire…
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
Though the phrase “blended worship” is in some ways out of fashion, there is still a great need in local, inter-generational congregations to learn how to effectively put together different music ensembles and worship styles in their worship services.
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
The guitar, piano, bass, drums and voice form the backbone of the modern worship team, but what do we do with other instruments that may be available in our churches?
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
oday’s worship artist must contend with the wide range of ever changing technology used in worship. This session will examine the employment of these technologies…
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
Enlivening the people’s song is the church musician’s primary task: come and learn strategies to improve congregational singing in a contemporary musical setting.
Friday, July 25, 2014 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
Whether we realize it our not, our role as worship pastors and worship leaders is one of a guide. In that sense we guide our people from place to place, point to point, and moment…
Thursday, July 25, 2013 | Alleluia Conference, Piano Performance & Techniques, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
This session entails how to read basic charts, when to leave out the bass, inversions, accompaniment…
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles, Worship Philosophy & Theology
A closer look at worship from a biblical perspective through our leading, singing and planning. – Music and Worship Is Not Synonymous – A Look At Authentic Biblical Worship…
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
How to develop effective leadership and team building through relational and intentional values. – How Does Your Music Ministry Garden Grow? – The Pastor and Worship Leader…
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | Alleluia Conference, Praise Bands & Worship Ensembles
Joe Glass discusses how to develop a praise band for worship, including an instrumentation overview and a guide for rehearsing and playing together.