June 2019
A Survey of Christian Hymnody Summer Course
Brite Divinity School and the Church Music Institute will host an overview of the church’s hymnody and congregational song in a two hour credit course at the Bass Conference Center at TCU from Tuesday, June 11 to Friday, June 15. Morning Prayer will precede the classes at 8:00 a.m., and Evening Prayer will conclude them at 4:10 p.m., both in the chapel. A hymn festival will follow the class Friday evening, June 14, at 7:00 p.m., at St. Stephen Presbyterian…
Find out more »Summer Workshop: “All Times and Places Praise the Lord”
The 2019 CMI workshop will feature clinicians and presenters who will offer inspiration, edification, and practical application for all those involved in the church music endeavor. The workshop offers something for everyone, whether full-time or avocational church musicians, clergy, interested laypeople, or even church choir members who are interested in exploring more fully the music which they lead every Sunday. This workshop will focus on the song of the church as a communal task--the "work of the people"-- and the…
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Hymn Festival: All Times and All Places Praise the Lord
St. Stephen Presbyterian, Fort Worth David Cherwien The Church Music Institute of Dallas, TX, presents a hymn festival entitled, "All Times and All Places Praise the Lord" on Friday, June 14, at 7pm, at St Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2700 McPherson Ave, Fort Worth. Dr. David Cherwien, nationally-renowned organist, prolific composer, and director of the National Lutheran Choir, will lead the congregation and a choir comprised of singers from local churches in hymnody and sacred music from the Renaissance to the…
Find out more »Hymn Festival: We All Believe in One True God
In conjunction with the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians conference, CMI will sponsor a hymn festival on Sunday evening, June 23, at 7pm, with organists Dr. Bruce Neswick and Benjamin Kolodziej at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. This event will feature choral music and congregational hymns centered around the Apostles’ Creed as led by the cathedral’s Rosales organ and choir. Bruce Neswick enjoys immense popularity and is in tremendous demand throughout the country as organist, improviser, choral conductor and trainer, commissioned…
Find out more »Planning Through the Church Year: Thinking Liturgically and Musically
The Church Music Institute will offer a workshop entitled “Planning Through the Church Year: Thinking Liturgically and Musically,” on Monday, 24 June, 2019, at Concordia University Portland, Oregon. Offered from 9.30-noon, and conveniently scheduled prior to the ALCM conference to allow attendance at both events, participants will learn techniques for planning worship utilizing unique, ecumenical liturgical templates developed for six of the major festivals of the liturgical year. This workshop is designed for busy church musicians who want to find…
Find out more »July 2019
Building Excellent Worship and Music
"Singing is the most human, most companionable of the arts. It joins us together in the whole realm of sound, forging a group identity where there were only individuals and making a communicative statement that far transcends what any one of us could do alone. It is a paradigm of union with the Creator. It is what the words talk about. We need to sing well.” - Alice Parker This workshop will offer sessions for clergy, organists, choir directors,…
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