Church Music Institute staff recently attended the American Choral Directors’ Association convention in Kansas City from 27 February to 2 March in order to spread the word about the resources CMI can offer to church musicians. While choirs from across the world descended upon the city, with iconic composer John Rutter the star of the […]
Hymn Playing Masterclass, 2019
On Saturday, 23 February, 2019, about twenty organists met at Zion Lutheran Church in Dallas to play for each other and to learn hymn playing techniques from Dr Christopher Anderson, Associate Professor of Sacred Music at Southern Methodist University. Eight organists played one hymn each, after which Dr Anderson advised them both about their particularly […]
Learning and Leading with Love
A few years ago when writing acknowledgments for one of my books, I realized that most of my piano teachers through my doctoral work had played the organ in church. All had significant commitments to music in their churches. These were piano teachers, of course, and none was trained first as a church musician. But […]
Anthems for Lent, 2019
Dr. Robert C. Mann Resource Library Director I have selected a number of anthems for worship during Lent that range in level of difficulty from easy to moderate. Anthems marked CPDL may be copied freely from this source. Others can be purchased directly or downloaded from the publisher. All compositions may be found in the […]
American Federation Pueri Cantores and Church Music Institute Announce Partnership
AFPC and CMI are pleased to announce a new partnership in shared ministry and resources as of November 1, 2018. Joined by their appreciation for the transformational music of Plainchant, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, and Modern liturgical music set within the rich tradition of the Catholic Church, and its capacity to form the spiritual lives of […]
Why Christmas Is About Music*
Six months ago the Lilly Scholars and their congregations began a journey: the Lilly Peer Learning Project in Worship and Music at The Church Music Institute. Rev. Dr. Tim Shapiro of the Center for Congregations, Indianapolis, started the journey with three questions: 1. “What music speaks deeply to you?” 2. “What memory does it […]