Session Description
"To lead the people in song is at once simple and complex. It is a marvelously varied affair. It may mean leading a small congregation in an unaccompanied unison line, or it may mean leading a large assembly with choirs, bands, and orchestras in polyrhythmic and polytonal complexity. Men or women can do it, and those with the most creative capacities will never cease to be challenged by it. It encompasses the simplest amateur expression and the most perfect possible professional performance. It is for the part-time amateur and the full-time J.S. Bach. And it is one of the most rewarding things you will ever do."
--Paul Westermeyer, The Church Musician, rev. ed. (Augsburg Fortress, 1997)
Conference Title
1999 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-8-1999
Event Type
Worship Service/Concert
Type (recording/text)
Text
Service Type
Service of the Word (and Table)
Subject Area
Music
Topic
Liturgical Music
Keywords:
hymn sampler, Psalter hymnal, Santo santo santo, Jesucristo esperanza del mundo, Kudayah rahem kar (Kyrie), Psalm 136, Sing a New Song to God, Rise My Song, Bright the Cloud and Bright the Glory, My Jesus I Love Thee, We Believe, Lord I Lift Your Name On High, In Christ There Is No East or West, Spirit of the Living God, Lord Listen to Your Children Praying, Te Exaltaré
Recommended Citation
Witvliet, John; Lockward, Jorge; Hawn, Michael; Fedak, Alfred; and Rush, Stephen, "Helping People Sing Their Hearts Out: A Musical Sampler" (1999). Symposium on Worship Archive. 3.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/1999/allitems/3
Included in
Christianity Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Commons
Helping People Sing Their Hearts Out: A Musical Sampler
"To lead the people in song is at once simple and complex. It is a marvelously varied affair. It may mean leading a small congregation in an unaccompanied unison line, or it may mean leading a large assembly with choirs, bands, and orchestras in polyrhythmic and polytonal complexity. Men or women can do it, and those with the most creative capacities will never cease to be challenged by it. It encompasses the simplest amateur expression and the most perfect possible professional performance. It is for the part-time amateur and the full-time J.S. Bach. And it is one of the most rewarding things you will ever do."
--Paul Westermeyer, The Church Musician, rev. ed. (Augsburg Fortress, 1997)