This workshop draws from recent work in cognitive science, musicology, and practical theology to present a framework for determining why we should repeat, what we should repeat, and how we should repeat when leading music in
Ethnomusicology
The relational ethics of church music – Nathan Myrick
Music is an “indispensable” aspect of Protestant Christian worship, to use Brian Wren’s term (2000, 48). Yet it is also perceived as one of the most divisive aspects of that activity, with scholars, practitioners, and congregants alike contributing to this perspective. As scholars such as Donald Hustad (1993), Harold Best (1993, 2003), J. Nathan Corbitt (1998), Brian Wren (2000), James K. A. Smith (2009) and Jeremy S. Begbie…
Monique Ingalls – Understanding Your Congregations Unique Music Culture (2016 Alleluia Conference)
Each local congregation has its own unique history, geographical and social location, demographic makeup, and mission. As ministers of music, we need to understand each of…
Robert Karns – Focusing Identity Through Song (2016 Alleluia Conference)
The objective of this session is to examine the congregational song of a single, local evangelical church whose congregation numbers between…
Monique Ingalls – Fall 2014 – Church Music Forum
In this presentation Dr. Monique Ingalls discusses ideas of performance in church music. As an ethnomusicologist, Dr. Ingalls presents on her findings through research and studies of various worship cultures.
Isaac Wardell – Fall 2012 – Church Music Forum
Isaac Wardell, the Creative Director and Founder of Bifrost Arts and the Director of Worship at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, speaks on five practices of worship.
I-to Loh – Spring 2012 – Northcutt Lecture Series
Dr. I-to Loh is Adjunct Professor of Worship, Church Music, and Ethnomusicology at Tainan Theological College and Seminary, Taiwan Theological College and Seminary…
Michael Hawn – Fall 2007 – Church Music Forum
Dr. Hawn takes Baylor students on a tour of worship in various countries throughout the world.