The CMI music database, both in its choral and organ music iterations, exists to alleviate the stress on worship planners resulting from their responsibilities to curate a congregation’s liturgical, singing […]
O Sing Unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music (Review Feature)
O Sing unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music by Andrew Gant University of Chicago Press, 2017 454 pp. $35.00 Reviewed by Dr. Robert Mann, Church Music Institute […]
Praise to the Lord
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Meditation and Musical Applications Benjamin A. Kolodziej Joachim Neander (1650-1680), a German Calvinist, composed the text to the hymn “Praise to the Lord, the […]
Ways to Support CMI
WAYS TO HELP EXTEND THE SONG OF THE CHURCH 1. An online gift through the Communities Foundation on September 20, 2018 • Go to northtexasgivingday.org, search for Church Music Institute. […]
End-of-Summer Report from Executive Director Charlotte Kroeker
IT WAS A RECORD SUMMER! In Texas we often talk about record heat, but in this case the record was attendance at Church Music Institute events and the quality and […]
Preaching Adverbially–An Interview with Author Russ Mitman
An interview with Rev. Russ Mitman about his new book, Preaching Adverbially. (courtesy EB Erdmann) 1. What led you to write Preaching Adverbally? Decades ago I encountered a collection of essays on […]