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Calendar of Events

Class Calendar

 

Week 1 (January 5) – read Webber, chapters 1-3

            Introduction to class

            Discussion topics - syllabus, introductions, resources, what is church music? what is worship?, liturgical year

            Advent Season

 

Week 2 (January 10 and 12) – Charles Callahan on 15th and 16th

            Advent Season

            Discussion topics – Reformation, Bach cantatas, 30 Years’ War, Winkworth, Genevan Psalter, Ambrose (Latin hymnody), Mass, folk melody, Wesley, Moravians

Christmas Season

Discussion topics – African-American spirituals, Mendelssohn, Holst, Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason, Praetorius, Japanese carol, Greensleeves, Stille Nacht

            Questions on Webber chapters 1-3 due

 

Week 3 (January 19 and 21) – Read Bradley, chapter 1

            January 17 – no class – Martin Luther King Day

            Christmas Season (cont.)

            Congregational singing

            Philosophy of Music

                        Call (and the Question of Ordination)

                        Qualifications

 

Week 4 (January 24 and 28) – Find 2 articles on technology in worship, Read Bradley, chapters 6 and 9

            Philosophy of Music (cont.)

                        Possible Employment Modes, The Placement Process, Leaving a Church

                        The Job Description

            Questions on Bradley chapters 1, 6, and 9 due

            Technology and Church Music – Dr. Andy Roby

 

Week 5 (January 31 and February 2) – Read Bradley, chapters 4 and 5

            Epiphany

            Sundays after Epiphany

            Roles of the Minister of Music

Musician

Minister

Educator

Administrator

Staff member

            Questions on Bradley chapters 4-5 due

 

Week 6 (February 7 and 9) – Read Church Organs: A Guide to Selection and Purchase

            Ash Wednesday (9th)

            Keyboard music (begin organ study) - basics

            Visit First Presbyterian – organ crawl and carillon

 

Week 7 (February 14 and 16) – Read Webber, chapters 4 and 5; and Bradley, chapter 7

            Lenten season

            Choral programs (adult, youth, children)

            Organ study (continued)

           

Week 8 (February 21 and 23) – Read Webber, chapters 6 and 7

            February 21 – mid-term

            Lenten season

            Soloists and small groups

            Organ study (continued) – service playing

 

Week 9 (February 28 and March 2) – Read Webber, chapters 8 and 9

            Lenten season

            Instrumental music

            Organ study (continued)

 

Week 10 (March 7 and 9) – Read Webber, chapter 10

            Lenten season

            Chapel service (Lenten) – March 8

            Special music programs – Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday,Good Friday

            Church Music Drama

 

Week 11 (March 14 and 16) – no class (Spring Break)

 

Week 12 (March 21 and 23)

            Special music programs – Easter

Visit Greek Orthodox church, Jewish (orthodox), Bellevue, and St. Luke’s UMC

            Music Education

 

Week 13 (March 28 and 30)

            Pentecost

            Resources for Church Music Ministry (denominational materials, books and periodicals, organizations, conferences, field services, music and materials)

           

Week 14 (April 4) – no class on 6th – Read Bradley, chapter 8

            Facilities for Church Music Ministry – sanctuary, rehearsal areas, educational areas, storage areas)

 

Week 15 (April 11 and 13) – Read Frink, chapter 5

            Other days in the liturgical calendar – Trinity Sunday, All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, World Communion Day, Thanksgiving Day

            The Minister of Music and the Copyright Law

 

Week 16 (April 18 and 20)

            Visit local synagogue – Passover discussion (April 24-30)

            Presentation of final projects

 

Final – Wednesday, April 27 (8:00-10:00 a.m.)




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