"Has the Black church choir become like the dry bones in the valley?" ...

This is part of a series from The Washington Post exploring “The Future of the Black Church.” From spirituals to hymnody, and traditional Black gospel to the contemporary; the music of the Black ...

In a recent article Donald Hustad called for a philosophy of church music that is more than “a matter of aesthetics.” Such a philosophy is not easy to achieve. Prejudice must be divorced from taste, ...

Darrell St. Romain, a scholar and organist, reflects on studying Gregorian chant and its potential to enrich Black Catholic ...

Pilgrims cheer as Dave and Lauren Moore and others perform July 19, 2024, during the third revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Credit: OSV News ...

As the Church continues to hammer out new translations of the Mass, composers are gearing up for new musical settings. CHICAGO — At a gathering of Church composers and musicians recently, Msgr.

In many churches, they have. But the choral tradition is finding enthusiastic advocates elsewhere. Nathan Glasper Jr. directs Calvin University’s gospel choir, an ensemble that started as a club at ...

According to the prophet Isaiah, grass withers, flowers fade, but God’s word endures. In the age of social media, so do the mistakes of church musicians. Play the wrong chord, forget the words to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 29—BEMIDJI — The 34th season of the Bemidji Area Church Musicians Summer Recital Series continues at noon on Wednesday, Aug.

I like Keith Getty's "In Christ Alone." I think the PCUSA hymnal committee probably made the right call on the whole "wrath of God was satisfied" business, but still: it's a good song for ...