by Chris Owenby | Feb 11, 2019 | Planning and Programming, Sheet Music
We’ve all been there. It’s like pulling teeth sometimes to get the choir to sing. A dreadful experience, indeed. We want our choirs to enjoy rehearsal. We think about the rehearsal all week long. Meticulously structuring it in hopes of achieving good...
by Chris Owenby | Jan 31, 2019 | Planning and Programming
Plan, program, plan, program. This endless road lies ever before us church musicians. It’s easy to get “stuck in a rut.” How many times have you planned that all too familiar choral anthem this year just because your choir knows it well? (Trust me,...
by Michael Cromwell | Nov 14, 2018 | Inspiration, Managing a Choir
Let’s face it, people seem to be afraid of commitment these days – especially any kind of a long-term commitment like singing in a choir. As church music directors, how do we make our singers’ commitment worth their time and energy? Furthermore, how do we keep people...
by Tom Conlon | Jul 2, 2018 | Inspiration
I compose because I have to. It’s in my nature – a drive to interpret and organize – to distill my experience. First really, for myself – I’m a much better version of myself when I’m composing. And while in some Christian conversations there’s tension regarding...
by Chris Owenby | Mar 24, 2018 | Easter, Worship
Lent is almost over. We’ve had the opportunity to search ourselves. To purge the sin from our lives. To understand what it means to follow Christ more deeply. (I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that we must seize these opportunities each and every day.)...
