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Resources for Liturgical Musicians & Ministers
By Jennifer Kerr Budziak
Greetings, all, and welcome to Sing Amen!—Ministering through Music!
My name is Jennifer Kerr Breedlove-Budziak, and I am a conductor, composer, liturgical musician, singer, and I currently serve as Editor for Music Formation Resources at GIA Publications.
My mission here at GIA is to help develop materials to help music ministers grow as musicians and ministers. Part of that involves editing books and other more concrete in-print materials, but Sing Amen! will also be a big part of what I do. Along with the blog, we will be launching a podcast about once every two weeks (subscribe to Sing Amen!—The Podcast at iTunes, or find it here on the blog). We will also occasionally put up videos in which some of our best clinicians offer their wisdom and thoughts and techniques for some of the various areas of pastoral music ministry.
Finally, a big part of this project will be reaching out to you, the ministers yourselves—connecting with real people, and getting them connected with one another, sharing wisdom, finding out where we feel lost and where we feel solid, discovering places we can reach out to each other. So come in and join us, and let the people sing Amen!
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read moreChildren’s Choirs, Part 3: Youth Cantor Formation
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read moreGod Comes Tomorrow: Music for Advent and Christmas (Sing Amen! the Podcast, episode 11)
I’ve mentioned before that one of my favorite things here at GIA is going through the back catalog and wandering the not-right-off-the-presses areas of the warehouse, because there are so many treasures there—sometimes we get caught up in the allure of whatever is...
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In our post two weeks ago, we looked at how a short seven minute (or so) warm-up process can, very quickly, prepare a children's choir for successful learning--so if you missed that one, please go check it out, because it sets up for success in the rest of rehearsal....
read moreThe Rosary:
The Mysteries of Life
By: Liam Lawton
Handbook for Cantors
By: Diana Kodner Gokce
The Organist's Craft
Compiled By: Jennifer Kerr Budziak
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A Musical Guide for Catholics
By: Diana Kodner Gökce
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Body Mapping for Music Ministers
By: Bridget Jankowski
As Nighttime Falls
By: Ian Callanan
One in Love and Peace
By: Bob Moore
Of Womb and Tomb
Edited by: Kate Williams
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Why Do We Sing?
By: Diana Kodner Gokce
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