On June 11, 2019, the American Guild of Organists, by action of the AGO National Council, entered into a partnership with the Church Music Institute to provide discounted CMI membership rates for AGO members. AGO members will have the ability to enjoy CMI member benefits for less than half the cost of regular CMI membership, […]
Pentecost Anthems, 2019, plus General Anthems Recently Published
Dr. Robert C. Mann Resource Library Director I have selected a variety of Pentecost and general anthems that will fill vocal requirements of most choirs. Choirs with limited resources will be able to find accessible, good music on this list. Anthems marked CPDL are FREE to you from our CMI website. Other anthems can be […]
Notes from the Executive Director
[Your] Leadership Profile Summer 2019 brings multiple opportunities for Church Music Institute event attendees to build leadership skills by working with clinicians who trace their legacy back to J.S. Bach. Paul Westermeyer and David Cherwien, for example, come out of such a tradition as did the Paul Manz family who originated in Germany with Bach […]
CMI at American Choral Directors’ Association, 2019
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 […]