Psalm 90

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,

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 charming collection of prayers for cantors! This book contains dozens of prayers for the liturgical seasons and a special section for times unique to this ministry such as When Learning New Music and When

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

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

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

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

Part of the Creative Church Musician Series, this reproducible volume contains a wealth of ideas for using the choir to enhance congregational singing. Ideas for over 1000 hymns include choir stanzas,

Part of the Creative Church Musician Series, this reproducible volume contains tried and proven ideas for creating descants to enhance hymn singing, plus actual descants for 199 hymn tunes. Texts are

Part of the Creative Church Musician Series, this reproducible volume is in two parts: Part One contains a mini-course in arranging hymn tunes for various instruments and Part Two offers a wealth of

Part of the Creative Church Musician Series, this reproducible volume includes over 250 hymn reharmonizations, plus 21 ways to improvise hymn tunes for use as service music along with a complete listing of

This text book for singers is a comprehensive guide to the pronunciation of Italian, French, Ecclesiastical Latin and German, in an approach developed for diction classes.  It is thorough, scholarly,

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

This new edition features current language related to worship styles and terminology and updated sections regarding instruments and technology. Many chapters were updated, including those dealing with

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

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

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

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

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