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.)