LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep10. Organ Registration for Worship – Jinah Knapp

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Explore creative and appropriate registration ideas for hymn playing, solo organ music and choir accompaniment. To build a musically appropriate palate of sound for any piece, organists must understand how the musical texture, mood and construction of a piece of music will impact registration. This presentation will include musical excerpts and registration samples so that attendees will learn examples to apply to music they need to play in their own churches.

Bio:

Dr. Jinah Yoo Knapp studied organ at Seoul Arts High School, sacred music and organ at Yonsei University and received a doctorate in organ from the University of Iowa. She was formerly a professor of organ, organ literature and the history of church music at Keimyung University and later Yonsei University. Dr. Knapp was a laureate at the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition and the John D. Rodland Church Music Competition, and she won honors at the St. Moritz (Switzerland) International Organ Competition. Dr. Knapp currently serves as director of music at Timothy Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Mo.

This session recording is from the 2024 LCMS Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music held July 9–12, 2024 in Seward, Neb. For more information on the Institute, please visit https://resources.lcms.org/worship-planning/2024-institute-on-liturgy-preaching-and-church-music-resources .

Morning Prayer Venite from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. Setting by Paul Soulek.

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s (LCMS) Worship ministry aims to nurture a culture of confessional faithfulness, artistic excellence and integrity in the presentation, distribution and reception of God’s life-giving gifts in Word and Sacraments. This ministry seeks to develop and deepen an understanding and love for the Lutheran heritage in Christian worship, and promotes the Lutheran Service Book as the core worship resource for the LCMS while also identifying and encouraging the many musical treasures and gifts that the Holy Spirit continues to pour upon the church. For more information: lcms.org/worship/institutes; lcms.org/worship

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