by Jennifer Budziak | Sep 26, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak)
In a binder on a bookshelf in my basement, I have about a three-inch-thick stack of psalms, Gospel verses, and new plainsong settings from my years singing with the Choir of the National Shrine under Leo Nestor. On any given Sunday, he would dash off these one-off...
by Jennifer Budziak | Sep 12, 2019 | Bilingual Liturgy, Bilingual Music, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Multicultural Worship, Podcast
https://singamen.giamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Podcast-21KolarFINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSSThis past summer, GIA welcomed our new Editor for Spanish and Bilingual Resources, Mr. Peter Kolar. Today’s podcast is a conversation...
by Jennifer Budziak | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors, Music Ministry
On the one hand, we are ministers, singing in the church choir is not like concert performance, and we want to be hospitable and welcoming to those who feel called to serve. Shouldn’t everyone who wants to sing be able to join the choir? On the other hand, what...
by Jennifer Budziak | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors
On Thursday morning at the NPM Convention in Raleigh, NC, I was privileged to sit on a panel with some really wise and insightful people; the topic was multi-generational music ministry, and how it could work in our various parish situations. Probably the...
by Jennifer Budziak | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), GIA Resources, Hymnody, Podcast
https://singamen.giamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TicePodcastDraft3Redo3.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSSOne of the great gifts to the singing Church in more recent years has been the wonderful outpouring of new hymn texts by our modern...
by Jennifer Budziak | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors
In the first part of this piece (found here), we talked about the mission and vision at the core of our work with children preparing to receive their First Communion: we are there to form disciples. As a part of that vision, it is crucial that we begin to look beyond...
