J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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4Editors' Choice (Best of 2019) lNew for 2019 HBasic Library L Large Print Edition ♦A Cappella Available via ePrint D Downloadable All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision 46 Go to cart Director resources A High and Holy Calling (Essays of Encouragement for the Church and its Musicians)—Paul Westermeyer. This book from revered church musician Paul Westermeyer offers insight and perspective applicable to anyone working in a church or church music setting. This volume contains collected reflections, essays, and articles previously published in journals such as The Hymn and CrossAccent, along with entirely new chapters. To quote the foreword by Zebulon Highben, "This is Westermeyer at his most pastoral, offering a word of solace, support, and inspiration." 10848156 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.00 Arranging (A Beginner's Guide)—Gerald Custer & Blake R. Henson. Need to adapt an SATB work for your small SAB choir? Have sopranos who can't sing divisi, but know a great trumpet player who is happy to help out? Need to simplify a viola part for a beginner? In straightforward, step-by-step fashion, authors Blake Henson and Gerald Custer show how to take a piece of existing music and craft a workable, polished arrangement that meets the needs of your ensemble in the real world. Arranging: A Beginner's Guide is full of ideas, examples, and exercises to try out and adapt, grounded in the belief that arranging is not only a necessary skill, it is one that is relatively easy to learn and master. This book is written for conductors, church musicians, teachers, and students at all levels. 10661369 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.95 Body Mapping for Music Ministers—Bridget Jankowski. Body Mapping for Music Ministers is devoted to helping pastoral musicians find ease, efficiency, and embodiment in their ministry. This book offers principles that will protect a pastoral musician from injury, promote the physical freedom and sensitivity for technical mastery, and secure the embodied intelligence that grounds musical power and subtlety. Topics covered include: cantors, the assembly, handbell choirs, pianists who play the organ, movement, balance, breath, and much more. 10666431 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 From Postlude to Prelude (2nd Edition)—C. Randall Bradley. This new edition features current language related to worship styles and terminology and updated sections regarding instruments and technology. Many chapters were updated, including those dealing with pastoral care concerns, interviewing and job searches, working with volunteers, facility design, and management. This is a must- have for college classes and those interested in thinking through the entirety of their own role as a church musician in the modern age. 5986752 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.00 Have We Had This Conversation?—John Yarrington. Choral conductors in any situation will be aided greatly by the solution-oriented techniques in this practical book by noted choral conductor John Yarrington. A "must read" for conductors searching for new rehearsal strategies, motivational techniques and personal inspiration, this short volume includes specific procedures for addressing text considerations, improving conducting gestures, and developing ensemble skills, tonal beauty and musicality. Dr. Yarrington also provides a systematic approach to the preparation and performance of many different works. Music excerpts with recommended score markings accompany specific information about how to study, present, perfect, and perform each piece with appropriate tone, style and expressiveness. 10049333 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 How to Start a Fine Arts Academy in Your Church—John Parker. This valuable resource is an entire curriculum for developing a fine arts academy or summer music camp at your church. Topics covered include everything from a rationale for beginning the project, all the way to hiring faculty, planning student schedules, integrating fine arts, drama and music, age-appropriate activities and many other logistical considerations. The book also includes a CD-ROM to help you get started with 46 documents that you can customize to your own situation and print for your students and their parents. Whether you have been leading a summer camp for years, or are just thinking about initiating one, you will be sure to find helpful material in this all-encompassing volume. 10007662 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.99 Igniting Choral Resources—Michael Kemp. Let an internationally respected choral clinician take you beyond the analytical study of anthems. Using his innovative concept of unique musical focuses, Michael Kemp lays out a sequential set of pedagogical steps in teaching a score and incorporating stylistic, historical, and analytical information to shape the work in terms of vocal tone and rhythmic articulation. His unique motivational flashes are creative templates for analyzing scores that provide techniques to pace and engage singers fully in the rehearsal process. Kemp has included 17 carefully annotated choral scores, including works by Praetorius, Handel, Luboff, and Alonso. Kemp gives a vast toolbox with which to solve almost every problem that director's will encounter with their choirs, and help their singers grow in vocal skill and musical understanding. 10779647 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 Innovation in the Ensemble Arts (Sustaining Creativity)—Tim Sharp. Innovation in the Ensemble Arts caps a trilogy of volumes that delves into the building blocks necessary for a vibrant, growing music organization. The other two volumes are Mentoring in the Ensemble Arts and Collaborating in the Ensemble Arts, both by Tim Sharp. This volume lays out the techniques of transformative renewal that enable music educators to lead individual ensemble members in the personal growth that fuels the ensemble's contributions to the community. Sharp establishes a mindset that can lead to ongoing relevance and create public value for today's ensembles. This book is not only thought provoking and inspirational, but it also illustrates how to generate momentum that can propel music ensembles forward in the pursuit of musical excellence. 10683987 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 Managing Music Ministry (Beyond Notes and Chords)—Stephen Petrunak & Randall Phillips. This book confronts the everyday issues faced by those managing a church music program. Divided into two sections, it covers not only the management of a music program but also the musical and nonmusical issues a music director encounters. Together, Stephen Petrunak and Fr. Randall Phillips share their knowledge and expertise gained collectively from more than 15 years of corporate experience, 40 years of music ministry leadership, and 30 years of priesthood. Petrunak guides readers through the management of people, conflicts, financial resources, and time while Fr. Phillips considers the spiritual elements of leading a music ministry. This book is a practical, insightful guide for anyone managing a church music program. 10492250 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.95 l The Melodic Voice (Conversations with Alice Parker)— Cameron LaBarr & John Wykoff. The Melodic Voice presents a series of interviews with preeminent composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker that offer a fuller and more intimate view of her life and music than ever before. The conversations documented in these pages perfectly capture the essence of Alice's core philosophies on melody, arranging, singing, teaching music, conducting, and many other topics. During the course of the interviews, Alice discusses a wide range of topics: her childhood, her time as a student at Smith College and Juilliard, the death of her husband, her work with Robert Shaw, living in New York City, experiences with teaching, her compositional process, the importance of folk song, advice for students and teachers, and many others. In the accompanying video component, Alice speaks candidly and directly about many of her most popular and well-loved arrangements, including Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal; Saints Bound for Heaven; What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? and John Saw Duh Numbuh, among others. Too few have had the privilege of attending one of Alice's workshops or engaging with her in long conversations and round-the-table singing, but the conversational nature of this book gives everyone the chance to engage with her in a deeper way. Musicians and non-musicians alike are sure to be inspired by Alice's words. 10985362 Hardcover Book with Online Video Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 Rivals or a Team? (Clergy-Musician Relationships in the Twenty-First Century)—Eileen Guenther. Hoping to stimulate conversation between clergy and musicians, this book promotes the importance of a team environment whose function is directly tied to successful ministry within the church. A number of testimonies supporting the team approach are presented from both sides, for support, possible guidance and definite inspiration. A highly recommended resource! 10310995 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.95 Sing!—Keith Getty & Kristyn Getty. Sing! grew out of Keith and Kristyn Getty's passion for congregational singing and has been shaped by their traveling, playing, listening, discussing, learning, and teaching all over the world. In writing it, they had five key aims: to discover why we sing and the overwhelming joy and holy privilege that comes with singing; to consider how singing impacts our hearts, minds, and all of our lives; to cultivate a culture of family singing in our daily home life; to equip our churches for wholeheartedly singing to the Lord and one another as an expression of unity; and to inspire us to see congregational singing as a radical witness to the world. They have also included a few practical suggestions for different groups who are more deeply involved with church singing. 10795466 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.99 Then Sings My Soul (150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories)— Robert J. Morgan. In Pastor Rob Morgan's first volume of hymn stories we find a treasury of personal stories and Divinely-ordained circumstances that surrounded the creation of 150 hymns of the Christian faith. Designed for personal devotions for any follower of Christ, this handsome book vividly retells the drama and emotion of the hymnwriters whose personal experience forged some of the most succinct poetry and music ever written. Pastor Morgan's brief readings are factual, at times humorous, and interlaced with scripture that will encourage anyone who spends a moment with them. It is suitable for reading aloud in a worship setting, a short devotional before choir rehearsal, or as part of a personal library that gives strength for life's journey through the beauty of song. 10078810 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99