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Michael Hawn – The Shape of Congregational Song for Today’s Church (2009 Alleluia Conference)
Never has the church had so many options for congregational singing than today. What does the song of the current age say theologically about the church…
Never has the church had so many options for congregational singing than today. What does the song of the current age say theologically about the church…
How do worship and justice relate? The Iona Community offers a model. Developed in the context of a declining church attendance, Iona worship speaks to a pattern…
Anxiety Management Techniques We are living in an increasingly stressful world both personally and professionally. Much of…
Two-thirds of the church resides in the southern hemisphere–a startling turn around from the 1950s. We now are able to sing the songs from…
Why do young people come to the isolated village of Taizé in southeastern France by the thousands. The amenities are simple and…
Building a Music Ministry Team Involving other leadership is vital to healthy music and worship ministry. How do you…
There are tremendous opportunities for leadership development within the church’s music ministry to students. We will examine several methods of leadership development and…
Learning to sing in parts is developmental. Choosing techniques that are sequential will help your young singers succeed as they step into part-singing.
Linda Harley teaches that a structured classroom with a variety of activities sets the stage for efficient teaching and quality…
Linda Harley teaches ways to guide children as they learn to develop pure, clear, easy, ringing tones through healthy vocal production.
Conducting leadership is multifaceted. One of the most visible aspects is that of gestural command. Using several…
This session is based on principles about leadership styles among conductors, as well as findings…
Building tone, developing vocal technique, improving pitch and rhythm skills: all these and more can be accomplished…
The words of our music must mean something (1) on their own, (2) to the church musician, and (3) to the congregation.
Children should be a vital part of every church’s worship; yet many churches struggle to meaningfully engage its children…
his presentation introduces emerging Christian musical expressions from Asia. Some performance practice guidelines will be offered
This class will be a microphone overview class.
Joe Glass discusses how to develop a praise band for worship, including an instrumentation overview and a guide for rehearsing and playing together.
It is important to remember that church music is more about people than it is about music.