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An Ordo that Transcends Time and Space
Giving Credit, Context, and Compensation to the Communities That Created the Spirituals
Refreshing Your Wedding Music for Organ
The Benefits of Choral Collaborations
Using the Nairobi Statement in Worship Planning
Practicing and Noticing Courage as a Church Musician
Celebrating the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
The Rhythm of Rehearsals
A Summer Celebration with John the Baptist
New Life from Death
Music Suggestions for Fewer Musicians on Pentecost
Building Trusting Relationships
Hymns to Connect with the Presentation of Our Lord
Hospitality in Worship Leadership and Planning
A Healthier Holiday Perspective
On Gratitude, Joy, and Hope
What Time Is It?
Summertime Renewal and Growth
Rethinking the Role of the Children's Choir in Worship
All Creation Sings Hymns and Songs Available as Anthems
This Is the Night! The Vigil of Easter
Psalm-Based Organ Music for Lent
Discovering Baptismal Connections in the Church Calendar
Thanking Your Volunteer Musicians
Drawing from the Well of Inspiration
Lessons and Carols for Advent
Routine Relieves Anxiety
Lessons from the Exile of the Pandemic
Hymns That Speak to Our Times
The Piano as Song Enlivener
Planning to Be Flexible
The Importance of Mentorship
Hosting a Music and Arts Camp
Intentionality in This Unusual Christmas Season
The Contemporary/Traditional Divide
The Importance of Hymns of Lament
The Animals Will Teach: A New View of Creation in All Creation Sings
Music for Lectionary 22, Sunday, August 30, 2020
Music for Lectionary 21, Sunday, August 23, 2020
Music for Lectionary 20, Sunday, August 16, 2020
Music for Lectionary 19, Sunday, August 9, 2020
Virtual Music Clinic Follow-Up
The Continued Relevance of a Musician's Handbook During a Pandemic
Solos and Duets for Pentecost and June
Zooming with My Youth Choirs, Part Three
Zooming with My Youth Choirs, Part Two
Free Sheet Music for Eastertide Vocal Solo
Zooming with My Youth Choirs
Intergenerational Choral Opportunities and Faith Formation
Out of the Ordinary: Choral Music for the Ordinary Time of Epiphany
Two Biblical Canticles
Let the Assembly Sing
Name that Tune!
One Thing for Holy Week
Reflections on Easter Vigil
Choir Devotions
Meet the Composer: Zebulon Highben
New Choral Titles for Lent, Easter, Spring 2019
Encouragement from Bach
Back to Basics: Leading Assembly Song
Meet the Composer: Anne Krentz Organ
Key Signatures and Effective Assembly Singing
Christmas in July: Piano/Organ Repertoire for Advent/Christmas
The Augsburg Chorale Book: Five Hundred Years of Singing (and Counting!)
Summer Music
Choral Music for Holy Week: Sunday of the Passion and the Three Days
A "Choral Ecology" in Worship Music Planning
The Lutheran Roots of an Epiphany Vespers
Making Biblical Stories Come Alive through Song: Sing the Stories of Jesus
With New Voices—The Small Catechism in Song
Lightening the Load – A SAB Story
Choral Music for Fall 2017 (Lectionary Year A)
“The Replacements”: A View from the Substitute’s Bench(es)
Piano Music for Wedding Ceremonies
“Let’s Go to Camp!” Planning A Summer Choir Camp for Children and Youth
All our Treasures: A Musician's Care for the Visual Arts
Devotions for the Church Choir
One License and LicenSing Online Merge
How to Re-harmonize Hymns
Two- and Three-Part Choir Music
Free Downloads? You Bet! — Maximizing Your Prelude Membership
Five Tips For Children’s Choir Planning
Singing on September 11
Heinrich Schütz and Reformation 500
Choral Arranging in 10 Steps
20 Time-Saving Tips for Church Musicians
The Splendor of the Earth: Worship Planning and Ecological Stewardship
Singing in Summer
Unison Choral Singing
Finding Your Rhythm in Holy Week
Sharing Song with the Homebound
What Is Your Philosophy of Worship and Music?
Strategies for Supporting the Small Choir
All Hymns Were Once New: New Hymns for This Church Year
Thanksgiving: The Antidote to Worry
Register today for the National Conference for Sacred Music!
Singing with the Saints: Commemorations and Music Planning
Weaving It All Together: Church Music Planning at a Glance
How do I get my 20% Prelude discount when ordering music through augsburgfortress.org?
A Little Child Shall Lead Them
I Got Circles of Rhythm
Ten Tips for Introducing New Music
New Choral Titles for Lent, Easter, Spring 2015
Gospel Acclamations for Lent through Holy Trinity
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
Music Sourcebook for Lent and the Three Days
Second Sunday after Epiphany-January 18, 2015
Simple Pluses for Advent and Christmas Worship
How does Prelude Music Planner enhance your use of Evangelical Lutheran Worship?
Seasonal Notes: September 2014
Stuck in the Middle with You
Seasonal Notes: Summer 2014
Easily Find Music for Special Services
Looking for ways to make your music budget last longer?
Seasonal Notes
20 Years: Thank You, Martin Seltz!
Hark, the Glad Sound?
Music Planning Is Like...
Making Demands of Your Choir
A Simple Solution to Reconnect Divided Ministries
Planning Lent Worship in Our Small Parish
How Prelude Saved My Music Planning This Advent
Still Waiting For Inspiration? Several Seasonal Suggestions
In the Bleak Midwinter: arr. Mark Shepperd
Interview with David Cherwien
Psalm Meditations for Piano: composer John Carter
Evaluating Your Choir Program: Children's Choirs, part 2
Evaluating Your Choir Program: Children's Choirs, part 1
Planning for the Fall Choral Season
Summer Clinic Leader Interviews, part 2: Zebulon Highben
Summer Clinic Leader Interviews, part 1: Jeffrey Brillhart
August Planning
I Love to Tell the Story...
To Warm-up or Not to Warm-up
Marching in the Light of God
The Choir Rehearsal
Working with Small Choirs: Part 2 -- Other Resources
Choirs with Limited Resources: Part 1 – The Hymnal as a Resource
Instant Anthem 1.0
Music ... and Silence
Sound the Bamboo!
Good Diction: Start With Your Youngest Singers
Sending Forth: Tips for a Successful Youth Choir Tour, Part 2
Sending Forth: Tips for a Successful Youth Choir Tour, Part 1
Music that "Feeds" Us
Plan to Plan
Resources to Get You Moving!
Movement in the Children's Choir Rehearsal
¡Cantad al Señor!
Lenten Music as Pastoral Care
Taking on the Children's Musical
A Brief Look at Worship Planning
The 10 Commandments of Introducing New Music
“If You Build It They Will Come……….or Not”
The Importance of Good Conducting
Hymn Concertati
Jesus died for the church: you don't have to!
Epiphany Singing
The Concert Band in Church
The Concert Band in Church
Change Ringing for an American Handbell Director
Change Ringing for an American Handbell Director
Advent Thoughts
Mannerisms and Bad Habits
The Sound of Silence
What Can We Leave Out: Liturgies With Too Many Extras
Our Music
All Saints Sunday
Nurturing the Parish Choir: Accompaniment & Collaboration, part 3
Music Planning Ideas for November 2012
Nurturing the Parish Choir: Accompaniment & Collaboration, part 2
Celtic Music in Worship
Nurturing the Parish Choir: Accompaniment & Collaboration, part 1
Worship as Spiritual Formation
Lesser Festivals: To Observe or Not to Observe
How do I plan music for Sunday morning?
Text/Music Relationship: Imaginative Performance of Renaissance Music (part 2)
Your Ally, The Guitarist
Text/Music Relationship: Imaginative Performance of Renaissance Music
Five Keys to New Life
Introductions and Turnarounds
Articulation and Accent
Tactus and Tempo
No Need to Triage: They Can Do It! - Part Two
No Need to Triage: They Can Do It!
Brass music for the church: it's not just for Easter anymore
What is Lutheran Church Music?
A Few Thoughts on Rehearsal Techniques
Handchimes and Handbells: Starting Up
Teaching Hymns to Children
Radio and Internet Ministry
Scripture Based Children's Anthems
Music Literacy Techniques
Singing the Psalms: Old Words, New Life
Teaching Hymns and Liturgy to the Children’s Choir
Worship in the Season of Lent
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