There are not many tuba solos out there!
Tuba players get no respect. Relegated to oom-pah-pah’s and whole notes by most composers, a melodic line for a tuba is less common than a blue moon. And don’t even […]
A Lovely Setting for a Lovely Rose
(Original posting 11/21/2017) Are you still looking for a special choral piece for this Christmas? Consider, Lo, a Rose, a fresh, intimate, and contemplative setting of the traditional German carol, es ist ein […]
Who Decides What is Beautiful?
(Original posting 10/26/2017) A) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. or B) Beauty has absolute standards. Which, if either, of these statements is true? The first is subjective, […]
Inside-out or Outside-in?
(Original posting 10/25/2017) Does the way you look at the world affect how you think about music in worship? Do you see yourself as an individual on an island in […]
What is Scripture’s role in regulating worship?
(Original posting 10/13/2017) I’m currently preparing for comprehensive exams to complete my Master of Music in Church Music degree. Part of that is being prepared to answer a number of […]
On the Nature of Worship
(Original posting 5/18/2017) Just what is worship? Experience? Intense emotion? Exuberant physical expression? Eh, . . . not so much, at least not according to how the Bible portrays it, […]
Seeking the Face of God: Evangelical Worship Reconceived
(Original posting 4/10-2017) Today brought a complete surprise. In my music ministry philosophy class last Spring one of our assignments was to write a review of a recently published book on […]
The Holy Spirit’s Role in Corporate Worship
(Original posting 6/22/2015) Unless you’re of the charismatic persuasion, you probably get a little queasy at the thought of “Spiritual” worship. It conjures up all kinds of images of out […]
A Philosophy of Church Music
One of the hurdles, er . . . blessings, of completing a degree in Church Music is the preparation of a detailed personal philosophy of the scriptural basis of the […]
Multi-Generational Worship
John Bolin, minister of worship and arts at First Baptist Houston, talks about what he calls “multi-generational worship.” This is pretty much the same concept that Paul Clark describes in “Deference over […]