Music Ministry Resources

Here's an invaluable resource for anyone who works with children's and youth choirs in sacred spaces! This guidebook, written by leading church musicians with decades of experience with young voices, equips

This new resource book is the perfect companion to the best-selling Restore Our Song. With input from church musicians coast to coast, this book provides a wealth of tools, tips, ideas, and

For over forty years, David W. Music studied, taught, researched, and published numerous books, articles, and musical compositions for use in the church. In this book, fellow experts in the field pay homage

With this second volume, Christopher M. Brunelle continues to put lowly doggerel to lofty purposes. This collection of entirely new verses provides hundreds of new ways to celebrate the liturgical year and

After the shut-down of choirs in 2020, directors and choirs are looking towards an exciting re-birth. This new reproducible resource offers a packed "toolbox" of ideas to help restart your choir -

These meditations for hymn festivals, worship services, and for private reading are inspirational and thought-provoking. They reflect the writer's years of experience in crafting meaningful worship. The

Designed for older students who have no previous experience reading music, this primer will help prepare and give a solid foundation to build upon for a student in any music course - band, chorus,

This book from revered church musician Paul Westermeyer offers insight and perspective applicable to anyone working in a church or church music setting. This volume contains collected reflections, essays,

Like an Advent calendar or a box of chocolates, The Church Year in Limericks is not meant to be enjoyed all at once. Each stanza exists on its own, and reading the entire collection straight through

This groundbreaking study of slavery and spirituals is the first to place the unique voices of an enslaved people squarely within the context of their daily lives. A succinct history is woven into an

For use by choirs and music ensembles before or after rehearsals, or in preparation for worship. This book contains prayers that follow rhythms of the major seasons of the liturgical year, with a focus on

Through practical and time-tested lessons and examples from over 30 years of experience working with young singers of the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh, this book focuses on the musical, vocal,

The work of the church musician has always been challenging. In today's climate, there is a need to find new and effective ways to clearly articulate this calling to clergy, congregations, and choir

A perfectly wonderful and imaginative collection of prayers to be used with handbell choirs throughout the year. Each one begins with a scripture and personal thoughts on the art of music

Inspired by his popular choral resource Blessed Are the Music-Makers, Alan Hommerding brings to life over one hundred poetic prayers for parish musicians. In Holy Harmony is an indispensable spiritual

These essays by David W. Music and Paul Westermeyer discuss church music in the United States from the middle of the eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. Not a comprehensive history, they can be

This handy guidebook is an easy reference for the symbols used in IPA: what they look like and how they are pronounced. Example words for every symbol are

This resource will help children's choirs experience greater success in part-singing through short, accessible warm-ups, vocal exercises, rhythm chants, echo songs, mini-descants, and rounds. While

Following on the success of the first volume, "Crossings', this second volume of meditations for hymn festivals and worship services includes the same beautiful expressions of faith that have made the

Told in a series of interviews with Sir David Willcocks and rounded out with reflections from a roll-call of eminent composers, musicians and friends, this book presents a portrait of a highly gifted