“How is the Church Music Institute funded?” is a frequent question when introducing CMI to friends and potential users of CMI resources. It is a reasonable question. The $75 membership fee giving access to thousands of titles of curated music can’t possibly fund CMI . Church musicians and clergy who are paid modestly at best […]

By Dr. John Howard Many people involved in traditional music ministry in churches these days find it a much more uphill struggle than it once was. The culture in America has changed and church attendance is the exception more than the rule. On top of that, a greater and ever-increasing divide exists between classical music […]

This lovely example of an Advent Lessons and Carols liturgy comes from Dr Don Horisberger, recently retired from the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, Illinois. Dr Horisberger encourages church musicians to consider planning such a service: “One word of advice would be that anyone wishing to do this type of a service […]

Recently Published Advent, Christmas, Epiphany Anthems Dr. Robert C. Mann, Resource Library Director Church Music Institute ADVENT “Lift Up Your Heads.” Williamson, Richard A. SATB. Oxford University Press, easy. “Thou Shalt Know Him.” Sirett, Mark. SATB. Augsburg, moderate “Virga Jesse Flourit.” Miller, Michael Austin. SATB. OUP, moderate CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS “Angel Alleluias.” Bullard, […]

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 life. If you are a member and want to see what the database can do, or even if you are not a member and are […]

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 “Church music tells us who we are and where we came from.” Gant’s survey is a history of church music used in worship in England, […]