The Ministry of Cantors

by Kathleen Harmon SNDdeN

Overview

The Ministry of Cantors has long been a valuable resource for music ministry formation. This new edition includes valuable insights from Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship. The revised edition addresses more fully the distinction between the roles of psalmist and cantor, suggests further concrete ways a paschal mystery spirituality must undergird both roles, and offers practical insights for helping one discern the call to be a cantor. New content also explores the power of the psalms to transform those singing into the kind of persons God is calling them to be.
As with the first edition, this new book does not present the “how-tos” of vocal technique, warm-up exercises, diction principles, etc. Instead, The Ministry of Cantors focuses on what the cantor is doing beneath vocal technique: surrendering self to the dying and rising of the paschal mystery. The aim of the book is to help cantors delve more deeply into who they are and who they are becoming through their ministry: the Body of Christ pouring self out in voice, breath, and prayer for the life of the world. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814648940
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/19/2016
Series:	Collegeville Ministry Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	175 KB

About the Author

Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, is a noted liturgical theologian and musician, author and composer, presenter and teacher. She holds a graduate degree in music and a doctorate in theology.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Ministry of the Cantor 3

2 Understanding the Role of the Responsorial Psalm 9

3 Preparing Yourself to Sing the Responsorial Psalm 14

4 Some Issues Related to Singing the Responsorial Psalm 21

5 Understanding the Role of Psalmody in the Liturgy of the Hours 26

6 Preparing Yourself to Sing the Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer 31

7 Some Issues Related to Singing the Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer 40

8 A Paschal Mystery Spirituality for One Who Sings the Psalms 44

9 Understanding Your Role as Song Leader 55

10 The Cantor Gesture 64

11 Discerning the Call to Be a Cantor 75

12 The Cantor and the Paschal Mystery 80

Notes 86

Recommended Readings 89