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February 2016 - Vol. 3, No. 1
Lent

FROM THE DIRECTOR 
"Not here for your amusement."

 
Often times church musicians are pulled in so many directions, have so many requests of their time that they may be tempted to mutter something like that under their breath.
In a certain sense that phrase is actually true. Contemporary life has so many ways of providing entertainment-television, movies, sports, games, the internet-that we're almost overwhelmed by the possibilities for amusement. Church music is not one of those.



Barry L. Bobb

If you have any comments or suggestions about the website, contact  Director  Barry Bobb

IN MEMORIAM

Waldemar Seefeldt 
April 4, 1925 - December 14, 2015
"Founding Member Group - Center for Church Music"


Gerhard Cartford 
March 21, 1923 - February 8, 2016
"One of the saints of the Liturgical Movement in the Lutheran tradition"

Rest in the peace of God


RICHARD HILLERT AWARD FOR STUDENT COMPOSITION

NEW!!  
The first deadline is June 1, 2016. 
The Center continues to grow and the future looks bright!

Proposed NEW FACILITY (attached to south side of Kretzmann Hall)
January 2015 Preliminary architect drawings completed! Look for more developments.




Calling YOU for Discoveries

Have you found some useful resources that are "off the beaten track" that you have found useful in your ministry? Do you have some "treasure" that needs to be shared?

You are invited to share these discoveries with other church musicians through  Discoveries  on the website .  These resources may be print publications, online pieces, websites, recordings, events, conferences, etc.

If you have discovered some such treasure and are willing to write about it, please contact 

CONVERSATIONS IN CHURCH MUSIC 
 
New Profiles in Process

Jim Freese interviewing John Behnke

Paul Westermeyer interviewing Paul Daniel about Gerhard Cartford 

Paul Westermeyer interviewing John Ferguson



CENTER UPDATES

Catalog on-line

Richard Hillert
Manuscript index is now on-line - with a growing number of PDFs and mp3 links.

Manuscript Catalogs

Paul Bunjes, John Eggert and 
Paul Weber manuscripts are in process.

Donald Busarow manuscripts are complete. Well - they were complete, except for the fact that the Busarow family recently located another box of music. An updated index is in process.

 
HYMN OF THE DAY DEVOTIONS


To date - seventy plus  devotions have been posted from a wide variety of Lutheran pastors, professors, church musicians, and Directors of Christian Education.


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The Center for Church Music is located on the second floor of Klinck Memorial Library on the Concordia University Chicago campus.

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Please make arrangements beforehand by contacting Barry Bobb or Steven Wente . 

Linda Kempke , editor

Center for Church Music
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Concordia University Chicago
7400 Augusta Street
River Forest, IL 60305-1402

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