Hear examples of hymns and music suitable for each Sunday of the Church Year, mostly drawn from IMSLP’s (International Music Score Library Project) online and free printable database.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep11. Faithful, Practical, Musical: Profiles in American Lutheran Church Music – Benjamin Kolodziej
Benjamin Kolodziej reviews the impact of several key musicians on American Lutheran church music.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep10. Organ Registration for Worship – Jinah Knapp
Explore creative and appropriate registration ideas for hymn playing, solo organ music and choir accompaniment.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep9. Digging Deeper into Book IV: A New Exodus, A New Song and the Messiah – Adam Hensley
Come dig deeper into the design and theology of Book IV of the Psalter with our keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Adam Hensley.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep8. Untangling the Confusion over Liturgy and Worship – Paul Grime
How is our Lutheran theology uniquely positioned to help us wade through the debates surrounding our understanding of worship?
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep7. Inviting Them to Sing – Paul Grime
Based on Paul Grime’s recent CPH publication, come explore ways of crafting one’s own simple but effective hymn introductions.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep6. The Latin Mass in the Lutheran Church: 1523-2023 – Stefan Gramenz
This session aims to present an historical overview of how Lutherans followed — or didn’t follow — Luther’s Formula Missae, and also to provide an historical rationale for the renewed use of our Latin-language Lutheran heritage today.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep5. Comfort in Suffering: How the Psalms Bring Consolation and Strength – Michael Frese
This session will explore how the Church Fathers and Fathers of the Reformation saw suffering and how they sought comfort in the Psalms.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep4. Creating Variety in Piano Hymn Accompaniments – Christopher Evatt
Even though the piano has more uniformity in sound than an organ with its many colors of stops, there are still many ways to create variety and draw out the meaning of the text when playing hymns on the piano.
LCMS Worship Institute: S1Ep3. Practical Organ Improvisation – Christopher Evatt
Improvisation can be scary for the organist who hasn’t done it before, but it doesn’t have to be!