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Looking Forward to 2021

December 30, 2020 by Alissa Payne

Eric Birk

CMI is looking forward to an exciting and busy year! Additional events will be announced regularly through email, social media, and the website. Here are some things to anticipate:  Saturday Online Sessions will continue throughout the year.  Saturday, January 23 – Organ Music for Meditation with Eric Birk  Online, limited in-person, and non-existent worship scenarios present […]

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Best Ideas: Music and Worship in This Most Unusual Time

December 30, 2020 by Alissa Payne

On November 14, CMI hosted “Best Ideas: Music and Worship in This Most Unusual Time,” a Saturday session exploring contributions from practitioners across the country. Facilitators Dr. Tim Sharp (Executive Director, ACDA) and Dr. Michael Bedford (President, AGO) presented ideas submitted from all participants of the course, and led a straw vote in each of […]

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CMI 2020 in Review: Highlights

December 30, 2020 by Alissa Payne

It was not the year CMI anticipated, and yet, looking back, it perhaps became one of CMI’s best years. By transitioning to online delivery of courses, workshops, and music, CMI reached more people than ever. CMI’s extensive online libraries—accessible anytime, anywhere—became a bedrock for delivery of services to congregations seeking music in new formats for online […]

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CMI 2020 in Review: Fun Facts

December 30, 2020 by Alissa Payne

Map of 2020 online workshop and seminar attendees

2020 Fun Facts Arrived in July 2020: “The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the historic collection of internet materials related to the Professional Organizations for Performing Arts Web Archive. We consider your website to be an important part of this collection and the historical record.” Thank you to […]

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