by Jennifer Budziak | Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Children's Choirs, Music Directors
Maybe you see the children’s choir once a week, on a weekday after school. Maybe you are wrangling kids from two programs–the parish school kids next door have homework/break time for a while after school until the public school kids get out and can join...
by Jennifer Budziak | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog, Music Directors, Worship Space Acoustics
This second post on acoustics and music-making in churches features an article by the late Richard Proulx in the first-ever GIA Quarterly magazine issue. It eloquently (if somewhat cantankerously*) lays out the basic problems and solutions. (Spoiler: carpet is never...
by Jennifer Budziak | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Music Directors, Worship Space Acoustics
In the past couple of weeks I’ve talked with people facing a dilemma, and a real hindrance to their ability to perform their ministry well: the committees, architects, and pastoral staffs at their churches have built and installed whole new designs (or...
by Jennifer Budziak | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog, Music Directors, Planning
(I had somehow always thought that the quote above, “Well begun is half done,” was from Mary Poppins or something like that, but when I looked it up for this post, it turns out it’s Aristotle. Go figure. As much as I try to read, my ignorance remains...
by Jennifer Budziak | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog, Music, Music Directors, Planning
(Another entry during this month when a lot of us are looking at the Year of Grace to come, and thinking about what we will be putting in front of our assemblies to sing…as always, I’d love to hear from folks in the comments, let me know how you approach...
by Jennifer Budziak | Jul 31, 2018 | Blog, Music Directors, Planning
Here’s a topic that comes up periodically on various forums: How do you deal with music planning for the liturgical year? Last summer, in the GIA Quarterly (29.2), Christian Cosas wrote a great article about his process for music planning at his parish, called...
