Music in church: training courses
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from Avid Music

Standard courses

A) Start here

  • Discovering our liturgy, music and worship
  • Spirituality and expression – What does authenticity look like?

B) Getting it organised

  • Schedule and people
  • Venue and storage
  • Reading and hearing
  • Practise and review

C) Using voices and musical instruments effectively

  • Lead in, out and between items
  • Transfer of lead voice or instrument
  • Varying texture of sound

E) Audio amplification and visual projection

  • Hear how we sound like to others
  • Good use of microphones for leading
  • Effective working between musicians and PA team
  • Good use of slides for improved reading
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D) Finding alternatives

  • Different lyrics, tunes and harmonies
  • Using a more suitable “key” (pitch)
  • Developing our own introduction, repeats and ending
  • Different languages

Customised courses

We have run bespoke training and workshop sessions for churches to help evaluate their worship and start a discussion on what new ideas they want to explore and build on.

Many churches have found our “worship-progress plan” helpful in highlighting the structure of the worship service and integrating all service elements. The “worshipful box” is a recent extension to our training ideas.

At the centre of the need for training are two issues many churches face but are unsure how to solve:

  1. Cultivating musical and worship training in a church family context, and
  2. Linking our liturgy with the wide range of hymns and songs that might be used in church worship.

These topics are increasingly causing concerns in churches given the decreasing number of people who regularly attend services and are also able to deal with changes. Our training materials are evolving to respond to the dynamic needs in each church we provide training at.

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