A comprehensive resource valuable to present and future leaders, lay leaders, and officers. Covered are topics applicable to all levels of corps music-making:
- worship planning and song leading
- youth and adult music ministries
- helps for the meeting pianist
- songsters and singing companies
- praise and brass bands
- lesson and rehearsal preparation
- teaching learners on piano, guitar, brass, and percussion
- conducting and reading musical scores
- online appendix and audio resources
Book Breakdown
PART ONE: Music Ministers
- Chapter 1: From Minstrels to Ministers – Daring to Draw Near
- Chapter 2: Sunday Morning – A Lifeline to the Church
- Chapter 3: Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet – Making Things Happen at Your Corps
- Chapter 4: Workers Together – The Corps Leadership Team
- Chapter 5: Then Sings My Soul! – The Song Leaders
PART TWO: Youth Music Ministry
- Chapter 6: Let the Children Sing! – Training Young Singers through Small Group Instruction
- Chapter 7: The Right Song For Your Kids – Bit by Bit, Putting It Together
- Chapter 8: All Hail to Daniel’s Band! – Building an Instrumental Program from the Bottom Up
- Chapter 9: God’s Special Instruments – The Brass and Drum Instructor’s Toolbox
PART THREE: Adult Music Ministry
- Chapter 10: What’s the Score? – How to “Hear” a Vocal or Brass Score
- Chapter 11: From Score Reading to Score Study – Marking a Vocal or Brass Score
- Chapter 12: Awake My Voice and Sing! – The Songster Leader
- Chapter 13: The Effective Songster Rehearsal – The Songster Leader’s Toolbox
- Chapter 14: Strike Up The Band! – The Bandmaster’s Rehearsal and Sunday Preparation
- Chapter 15: Score Study To Rehearsal Strategy – The Bandmaster’s Toolbox
PART FOUR: Worship Leadership
- Chapter 16: Play Me A Song, You’re The Piano-Man! – Keyboard Basics
- Chapter 17: Keyboard Worship – The Meeting Pianist
- Chapter 18: More Than A Song – Leading the Worship Team
- Chapter 19: The Holy Hassle Of Another Sunday – The Worship Leader’s Toolbox
PART FIVE: The Conductor’s Toolbox
- Chapter 20: Where’s The Beat? – Conducting Fundamentals
- Chapter 21: Sticks, Stars and Stops – More Conducting Fundamentals
- Chapter 22: Gesture And Expression – Expanding the Conductor’s Toolbox
- Chapter 23: Listen and Respond – Making the Rehearsal Work
- Postlude: Passing The Baton – The Beat Goes On!
This resource is not intended to be read from cover to cover, but rather to be used as needed, drawing from each section when the occasion arises.
Link to Appendix and Audio Resources