It’s Wednesday at 5 p.m., two hours before choir rehearsal. You’ve just found out that an excellent soprano will be joining the choir for the following Sunday. Descants, something not often possible with a limited choir, would be a wonderful enhancement to the day’s hymnody, and with Prelude Music Planner, you have access to rich, soaring descants from Vocal Descants for the Church Year. Your Prelude membership to the rescue! Simply search by hymn name or tune in the title/theme/keywords search area, and filter “hymn/song” and “descant.” You can view and download the descants you need without using any of your Prelude points! Two possibilities for Christ the King are “Beautiful Savior” (ELW 838) and “Jesus Shall Reign” (ELW 434).
Read More > >Free Downloads? You Bet! — Maximizing Your Prelude Membership
Posted on Oct 19, 2016 5:03:53 PM by Jennifer Baker-Trinity in Assembly Song, in Hymnody, in Instruments and Ensembles, in Music Ministry, in Planning
Singing in Summer
Posted on May 26, 2016 9:28:42 AM by Jennifer Baker-Trinity in Instruments and Ensembles, in Music Ministry, in Planning
In one practical way, the call of a church musician resembles that of a teacher. Summers mean a little less activity, or at the very least, a different pace to your work. It would not be fair to say that church musicians have summers “off”—plenty of important work gets accomplished during the summer, especially looking ahead to the next year. Yet in many congregations, choirs and other ensembles do not keep a regular rehearsal schedule during the summer.
Read More > >I Got Circles of Rhythm
Posted on Mar 9, 2015 9:58:55 AM by Augsburg Fortress in Instruments and Ensembles, in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in Potpourri
From Ted-Ed and contributor and educator John Varney:
Read More > >Still Waiting For Inspiration? Several Seasonal Suggestions
Posted on Dec 9, 2013 10:05:17 AM by Jane Knappe in Instruments and Ensembles, in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in Planning, in review-prelude
Many of our Prelude users plan their musical offerings well in advance, but there are many still waiting for inspiration to strike. We polled some of our editors and other folks about their favorite pieces to play in the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. May you gain some inspiration from these suggestions!
Read More > >In the Bleak Midwinter: arr. Mark Shepperd
Posted on Nov 15, 2013 11:57:49 AM by Augsburg Fortress in Instruments and Ensembles, in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in Planning, in review-prelude
Interview with David Cherwien
Posted on Oct 16, 2013 2:56:51 PM by Augsburg Fortress in Assembly Song, in Instruments and Ensembles, in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in Planning, in review-prelude
This week, Jane Knappe, Augsburg Fortress Event Coordinator interviews David Cherwien, Cantor at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, and music director for the National Lutheran Choir.
Read More > >Psalm Meditations for Piano: composer John Carter
Posted on Oct 4, 2013 12:13:38 PM by Augsburg Fortress in Instruments and Ensembles, in Planning, in review-prelude
We hope you enjoy this Prelude visit with composer John Carter as he discusses his new collection of original piano works which include textual meditations written by his wife, Mary Kay Beall. Download printable sheet music at Prelude Music Planner or order print copies at Augsburg Fortress.
Read More > >Summer Clinic Leader Interviews, part 1: Jeffrey Brillhart
Posted on Aug 16, 2013 1:46:58 PM by Augsburg Fortress in Assembly Song, in Instruments and Ensembles, in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in Potpourri, in review-prelude
This is Part One of a two-part series featuring interviews with Jeffrey Brillhart and Zebulon Highben, summer clinicians for the Augsburg Fortress 2013 Music Clinics. This week, enjoy some of Jeffrey Brillhart's thoughts on questions we posed.
Read More > >The Concert Band in Church
Posted on Dec 31, 2012 10:33:41 AM by Jeff Doebler in Instruments and Ensembles, in review-prelude
Part Two: Hymns
Read More > >The Concert Band in Church
Posted on Dec 24, 2012 7:00:55 AM by Jeff Doebler in Instruments and Ensembles, in review-prelude
Part One: Literature
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