Church Resource Books

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,

A collection of reproducible activities designed for use by children's choir directors in the pre-rehearsal

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,

A book of nondenominational prayer services (morning, evening, Holy Communion, healing) from the Wild Goose Worship Group of the Iona Community. Small selection of music in appendix. Revised fourth

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

A concise insight into the structure of hymn texts by one of America's greatest teachers and composers of church music. Lovelace offers extraordinary insights into what builds a strong hymn text and how

Need to adapt an SATB work for your small SAB choir? Have sopranos who can’t sing divisi, but know a great trumpet player who is happy to help out? Need to simplify a viola part for a beginner? In

Body Mapping for Music Ministers is devoted to helping pastoral musicians find ease, efficiency, and embodiment in their ministry. This book offers principles that will protect a pastoral musician

An ideal resource for choral directors, teachers-in-training, singers, and choral enthusiasts, this practical volume explores the challenges and rewards of working with evolving adolescent through adult

Various gospel acclamations with verses to contemporary and traditional psalm tones for use throughout three-year cycle of Sundays, solemnities, and feasts of the Lord. Cantor, Acc, some optional

As a church choir rehearses weekly to proclaim the Word through song, it is appropriate that rehearsals should contain prayer. This collection contains succinct, meaningful prayers for use throughout the

Choral directors are frequently called upon to conduct various instrumental ensembles, from a few accompanying instruments to a full orchestra. This very practical and straightforward book provides insights

At last, a single volume that helps you find the right anthem for the specific worship day. Numerous publishers, many styles, all difficulty levels are included. Sure to become a favorite of every church

This fun, pocket-sized book is full of tips, inspiration, and humor! The alternate titles for the book will have you in stitches, and the student comments are both heartwarming and hilarious! Compiled over

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