Denominational Preparing the Student Conductor for the Church Music Experience Ginger G. Wyrick ggw@hwaci.com Baptist (American) Fellowship of American Baptist Musicians: http://www.fabm.com/ *sponsor annual music conference at American Baptist Assembly Green Lake, Wisconsin Baptist (Southern) LifeWay Christian Resources: http://www.lifeway.com/ Graded Choir Curriculum Pedalpoint--organ periodical leadership resources Worship and Music: A LifeWay Leader Event Ridgecrest, NC Glorieta, NM (Southern) Baptist Church Music Conference: http://www.sbcmc.org/ Carson-Newman College Box 71934 Jefferson City, TN 37760 *sponsor annual music conference (2002 in Memphis) Worship Resources Network (currently inactive) contact: Deborah Loftis Schoenfeld Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond Catholic National Association for Pastoral Musicians: http://www.npm.org/ 225 Sheridan St. NW Washington, DC 20011-1492 Pastoral Musician GIA (music resources publisher)--http://www.giamusic.com 7404 S. Mason Avenue Chicago, IL 60638 Episcopal Anglican Church Music: http://www.churchmusic.org.uk/ Anglican and Episcopal Church Music Links: http://www.chasea.com/anglican.html#music Association of Anglican Musicians: http//www.anglicanmusicans.org/ 28 Ashton Road Fort Mitchell, Kentucky 41017 Office for Liturgy and Music: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lm/
Lutheran Augsburg Fortress (music and resource publisher): http://www.augsburgfortress.org/ *co-sponsor regional training events with Choristers Guild (free) Association of Lutheran Church Musicians: http://www.alcm.org 305 W. 3 rd. Brenham, TX 77833 Grace Notes Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: http://www.elca.org/dcm/worship/music.html The Library at Lutheran Center (hymnal and hymn resources links) http://www.elca.org/os/bookshlf.html Methodist United Methodist Publishing House: http://www.umph.org/ Abingdon Press (music division of United Methodist Publishing House) 201 Eighth Ave. S PO Box 801 Nashville, TN 37202 Cokesbury (retail for Methodist and Presbyterian) http://www.cokesbury.com/music/subject_list.asp General Board of Discipleship--Higher Education, Worship http://www.gbod.org/ Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts: http:www.fummwa.org PO Box 24787 Nashville, TN 37202 Worship Arts *sponsor state, jurisdictional, and national events i.e. Lake Junaluska Music Week http://www.sejmusicweek.com/ Presbyterian Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM): http://www.horeb.pcusa.org/pam 100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396 *sponsor annual music week at Montreat, NC http://www.horeb/pcusa.org/pam/conferences.htm United Church of Christ United Church of Christ Musicians Association: http://www.uccma.org/ PO Box 1350 Stratford, CT 06615-1350 *sponsor annual music conference Denominational Resources and Related Links http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/religion_and_spirituality/faiths_and_practices/christianity/ Denomination_and_Sects/ Hymns
Educational Instruments Hymn Society in the United States and Canada: http://www.bu/edu/sth/hymn/ 745 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215-1401 *sponsor annual music conference The Hymn Hymn Resources: http://hymnuts.luthersem.edu/ Graded Choir Curriculum Church Music for Children (Abingdon Press): Pre-K through 6 th grade Stepping Stones (Choristers Guild): Pre-K through 6 th grade Lifeway Christian Resources Music Makers Young Musician Orff, Dalcroze, Kodály American Orff-Schulwerk Association: http://www.aosa.org/ PO Box 391089 Cleveland, OH 44139-1089 Dalcroze Society of America: http://www.dalcrozeusa.org/ 3871 Forty-Fifth Avenue, NE Seattle, WA 98105 American Dalcroze Journal Organization of American Kodály Educators: http://oake.org/ 1612 29 th Avenue S. Moorhead, MN 56560 Organ American Guild of Organists: http://www.agohq.org/home.html 475 Riverside Dr., Suite 1260 New York, NY 10115 The American Organist Association of Young Organists: http://www.youngorganist.com/home.htm Royal Canadian College of Organists: http://www.capitalnet.com/~rjewell/rcco.html 112 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 403 Toronto, Ontario, M4V 2Y3 Royal College of Organists (UK): http://www.rco.org.uk/ Pipe Organ Encyclopedia: http://www.aq.upm.es/organ/poe/htm Handbells American Guild of English Handbell Ringers: http://www.agehr.org/ 1055 E. Centerville Station Road
Centerville, OH 45459 Overtones Jeffers Handbell Supply: http://www.handbellworld.com/ PO Box 1728 Irmo, SC 29063 Schulmerich Carillons: http://www.schulmerich.com/index_main.htm Carillon Hill Sellersville, PA 18960 Malmark (handbells, hand chimes): http://www.malmark.com/ 21 Bell Lane New Britain, PA 18901 Suzuki (tone chimes, various instruments, supplies) http://www.suzukimusic.com/frontpage.shtml http://www.suzukimusic.com/tonechimes.shtml Whitechapel Bell Foundry: http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/ 32 & 34 Whitechapel Road London E1 1DY England Choral Music American Choral Directors Association: http://www.acdaonline.org/ 502 SW 38 th Street Lawton, OK 73505 The Choral Journal Music Educators National Conference: http://www.menc.org/ 1806 Robert Fulton Drive Reston, VA 20191 Music Educators Journal ChoralNet: http://www.choralnet.org/ Choral Public Domain Library: http://www.cpdl.org/ Musica International Database of Choral Music: http://musicanet.org/ Copyright Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI): http://www.ccli.com/unitedstates.cfm The Church Musician and the Copyright Law: http://www.horeb.pcusa.org/pam/copyright.htm Publishers *Choristers Guild: http://www.choristersguild.org 2834 W. Kingsley Rd.
Garland, TX 75041-2498 The Chorister Lorenz Publishing: http://www.lorenz.com/lorenz.html 501 E. 3 rd St. Dayton, OH 45402 Hope Publishing: http://www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx 380 S. Main Place Carol Stream, IL 60188 Augsburg Publishing House: http://www.augsburgfortress.org/ 426 S. 5 th Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 Concordia Publishing House: http://www.cph.org 3558 South Jefferson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63118 Abingdon Press: http://www.cokesbury.com/music/subject_list.asp 201 Eighth Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37202 GIA Publications: http://www.giamusic.com 7404 S. Mason Ave. Chicago, IL 60638 Shawnee Press, Inc: http://www.shawneepress.com/ Hinshaw Music: http://www.hinshawmusic.com/ PO Box 470 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 *sponsor annual Celebration Music Conference Beckenhorst Press: http://www.beckenhorstpress.com/ PO Box 14273 Columbus, OH 43214 Selah Publishing Co.: http://www.selahpub.com/ Morning Star Music: http://www.morningstarmusic.com/ 1727 Larkin Williams Road Fenton, MO 63026
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