“With all these details, don’t lose sight of the reason why people come: that moment when a pet is blessed in the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Ensure enough time, enough room, […]
Designing Dynamic Liturgies: A Ten Week Course for Clergy and Musicians Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires to know more […]
by Cara Ellen Modisett VTS Middler, Cara Ellen Modisett, a frequent contributor to Music, Liturgy, and the Arts, shares a sermon she wrote for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King, Sunday. While it […]
Church musicians are learning new ways to convene their choirs and new ways to make music during these days of COVID-19. We are told that rehearsing in person is dangerous to all unless very strict […]
Cara Modisett, a middler at VTS who is also a fine church musician, has composed three lovely collects for the pandemic church while on retreat. Here is what she says about them: “Last week, I packed […]
The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) will host a Gathering on Liturgical Formation, a educational opportunity on the liturgy of the Episcopal Church. This event, which is co-sponsored by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological […]
St. James Music Press is a completely digital publishing house and a new way to think about church music. They exist for subscribers to have ongoing access to new scores, recordings, and other resources that support […]
A few years before Music, Liturgy, and the Arts (then known as the Center for Liturgy and Music) was born, Dr. William Bradley Roberts and Ellen Johnston hosted a symposium at Virginia Theological Seminary. Eight clergy/musician […]
by Cara Ellen Modisett In non-pandemic times, conversations about liturgy and conversations about pastoral care tend to fall into separate categories. The first is primarily performative, shaped by ritual and music and tradition, creating a […]
Webinar: June 24, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. Zoom Gathering for Participants: July 1, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. What are we to do during when we can’t gather and make music during this time? […]
A couple of weeks ago we invited some of our colleagues to tell us how they are making music during this time of quarantine. In this post you can hear them for yourselves. Josh Brown […]