So You Want to Sing Sacred Music: A Guide for Performers
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Chapter 1 Resources | Chapter 2 Resources
Chapter 3 Resources | Chapter 4 Resources
Chapter 5 Resources | Chapters 6, 7 & 8 Resources
Chapter 1 – Jewish Traditions (Even Kent)
Examples of Cantorial Singing:
- Traditional Cantorial “Chazzanut”
- Cantor Mo Glazman sings “Kol Nidre” (for Yom Kippur)
- Cantor Roslyn Barak sings Max Janowski’s setting of “Sim Shalom”
- Cantor Rachel Goldman sing Max Helfman’s setting of “Shema Koleinu”
Training Programs for Cantors:
- Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)
- Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR)
- Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA)
- Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)
- Hebrew College
- Yeshiva University
Online Sound Archives:
- Judaic Sound Archives
- The Milken Archive of Jewish Music
- Hebrew University Jewish Music Research Centre
Cantorial Organizations:
- American Conference of Cantors
- Cantor’s Assembly
- Cantorial Council of America
- Guild of Temple Musicians
Chapter 2 – Gregorian Chant and Polyphony (Anthony Ruff)
Gregorian Chant Resources:
Gregorian Chant Examples:
- Cantillation: Preface for the Presentation of the Lord
- Simple Congregational Mass Acclamation: “Sanctus”
- Introit for the Second Sunday of Easter, “Quasi modo”
- Graduale, “Iustus ut palma florebit” (example of melismatic chant)
- Strophic Hymn for Advent, “Veni, redemptor gentium”
Polyphonic Examples:
- Léonin of Notre Dame: Florid Organum
- Palestrina: “Sanctus” from Missa Papae Marcelli
- Vittoria: “Sanctus” from Missa O magnum mysterium
- Hassler: “Sanctus” from Missa super Maria dixit
- Byrd: “Sanctus” from Mass for Four Voices
Chapter 3 – Contemporary Catholic Directions (Anthony Ruff)
Documents and Articles:
- Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council
- Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2007)
- Sing to the Lord: Gifts and Challenges (Essay by Anthony Ruff, OSB)
Professional Organizations:
Graduate Programs in Catholic Music:
Chapter 4 – Sacred Choral Traditions (Matthew Hoch)
Prima Prattica versus Seconda Prattica:
Modern Performance Practice versus Historically Informed Performance Practice:
Summer Festival Choirs:
Early Music Graduate Programs:
- Boston University
- Indiana University
- McGill University
- Peabody Conservatory
- University of North Texas
- University of Southern California
- Yale University
Sacred Choral Record Labels:
Professional Organizations:
- American Guild of Organists (AGO)
- The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada
- Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM)
- American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
- Early Music America (EMA)
Chapter 5 - Contemporary Christian Music (Sharon Radionoff)
Thomas A. Dorsey:
Early Influences (Group 1):
- Dino Kartsonakis: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir: “How Great Thou Art”
- Fred Bock: “Postlude on Old Hundredth”
- John W. Peterson: “The Miracle Goes On”
- Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra: Hymns
- Kurt Kaiser: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Ralph Carmichael:
- “He's Everything to Me” (from the 1965 film The Restless Ones)
- Cliff Richard and Cliff Barrows: “He's Everything to Me”
- The Singing Churchmen with Ralph Carmichael: “He’s Everything to Me”
- Ralph Carmichael and the Young People: “Love Is Surrender”
- The Carpenters: “Love Is Surrender”
- “Pass It On” (from the 1969 folk musical Tell It Like It Is)
Light Records:
- Andrae Crouch and the Disciples: “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power”
- Andrae Crouch: “Take Me Back”
- Andrae Crouch: “Through It All”
- Jimmy Owens: “If My People”
- Dino Kartsonakis: “For Those Tears I Died”
- The Winans: “Restoration”
- The Archers: “Stand Up!”
- Bryan Duncan: “Holy Rollin”
- Resurrection Band: “Colours/Music to Raise the Dead”
- Sweet Comfort Band: “Cutting Edge/Armed and Ready”
- Shirley Ceasar: “Sweeping through the City”
- Jessica Reedy: “Put It on the Altar”
Bill Gaither:
- The Stamps Quartet: “Farther Along”
- The Booth Brothers: “I’ve Been to Calvary”
- The Bill Gaither Trio: “Have You Had A Gethsemane”
- The Imperials: “He Touched Me”
- The Golden Keys Quartet: “He Touched Me”
- The Bill Gaither Trio: “Let's Just Praise the Lord”
Paragon Music:
- Gary S. Paxton: “Different World”
- Michael W. Smith: “Above All”
- Scott Wesley Brown: “Yeshua Ha Mashiah”
- DeGarmo & Key: “Rock Solid”
Gaither Vocal Band:
- “Let's Just Praise the Lord”
- “He Touched Me”
- “He Touched Me” (Live)
- “There's Something about That Name”
- “There's Something About That Name” (Live)
- “Alpha and Omega”
- “I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary”
The Jesus Movement:
- Keith Green: “To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice”
- Honeytree: “The Way I Feel”
- Barry McGuire: “Pay the Piper”
- The Imperials: “No Shortage”
- The Imperials: “Big God”
Rock ‘n’ Roll:
- Larry Norman: “Upon This Rock/Moses in the Wilderness”
- Randy Stonehill: “Born Twice”
- Petra: “The Coloring Song”
- The 2nd Chapter of Acts: “The Easter Song”
- Truth: “Holy of Holies”
- Ken Medema: “Moses”
Praise Music Movement:
- The Maranatha Singers: “Glorify Thy Name”
- Kent Henry: “All Hail King Jesus”
- Rich Mullins: “Awesome God”
- Amy Grant: “El Shaddai”
- Twila Pari: “We Will Glorify”
- Andrae Crouch: “Soon and Very Soon”
- Keith Green: “There Is a Redeemer”
- Sandi Patty: “How Majestic Is Your Name”
- Steve Green: “People Need the Lord”
- Brethren: “The Majesty and Glory of Your Name”
- Tom Fettke: “The Majesty and Glory of Your Name”
- Amy Grant: “Sing Your Praise to the Lord”
- Artist Fernando Ortega: “Children of the Living God”
- Michael W. Smith: “Above All”
Hillsong Church:
- Darlene Zschech: "Shout to the Lord"
- Darlene Zschech: "People Just Like Us”
- Hillsong United: “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir:
Gateway Church:
Champion Forest Baptist Church:
- Livestream in English: April 17, 2016
- Livestream in Spanish: June 26, 2016
- Christmas Spectacular: December 17, 2014
Vineyard Fellowship:
Miscellaneous Additional Artists and Genres:
- Cindy Cruse Ratcliff: “We Speak to Nations”
- Pamela York: “I Know That My Redeemer Lives—Glory, Hallelujah!”
- Take 6: “David and Goliath”
- Israel Houghton & New Breed: “Lord You Are Good”
- Ricky Skaggs: “Somebody's Prayin'”
- Babbie Mason: “Carry On”
- Babbie Mason: “Trust His Heart”
- Anointed: “The Call”
- Anointed “Revive Us”
Interviews and Documentary:
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 1: Influence on Christian Music
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 2: Early Musicals
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 3: Working with Legendary Artists
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 4: Working with Billy Graham
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 5: Starting Light Records/Lexicon
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 6: Remembers Hollywood Bowl
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 7: Most Popular Compositions
- Ralph Carmichael Interview – Part 8: Advice, Counsel, and Encouragement
- Gospel According to Al Green (1984)
Chapter 6 – Singing and Voice Science (Scott McCoy)
- Your Voice: An Inside View
- National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
- National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS)
- The Voice Foundation (TVF)
Chapter 7 – Vocal Health and the Singer of Sacred Music (Wendy LeBorgne)
Chapter 8 – Using Audio Enhancement Technology (Matthew Edwards)
Equipment Manufacturers:
Recommended Equipment:
- SM58 Microphone (with on/off switch)
- Behringer Eurolive B212XL
- TC-Helicon Voice Live Play Vocal Effects Processor
- 10-Foot XLR Cable
