MUSIC 372 - SERVICE PLAYING
1 credit Lenoir-Rhyne College Fall, 2005 Class Times: Thursday, 6:30

Instructor Information: Prof. Florence Jowers Office
phone: 828-328-7195
Office: 228 Mauney
Home phone: 828-322-8976
Email: jowers@lrc.edu

SYLLABUS

Catalog description: A lab course focusing on the various elements of service playing: hymn and anthem accompaniments, conducting from the keyboard, liturgical playing, modulations and reharmonizations, and registration.

Required texts: oLet the People Sing! (David Cherwien), Concordia Publishing House, 1997 © Lutheran Book of Worship Accompaniment Edition to both Hymns and Services Augsburg Publishing House, 1978

Expectations of the course: Students will be challenged to improve their skills in the playing of hymns and liturgy, anthem accompaniments, directing from the console, improvisation, and modulation. In addition, students will expand their knowledge of the history and design of the organ, and discover resources to aid in the playing of a liturgical service on the organ.

Evaluation: 60% - average of weekly class participation grades 15% - midterm written test based on reading 25% - final playing exam

Final Exam: Monday, December 12th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Bibliography (in library) The Organist and Hymn Playing (Austin Lovelace) Making Music on the Organ (Peter Hurford) Dictionary of pipe organ stops (Stevens Irwin) The New Grove Organ (Peter Williams/Barbara Owen) A new History of the Organ (Peter Williams) The organ; its Evolution, Principles of Construction and Use (William Leslie Sumner) The Organ in Church Design (Joseph Blanton) oThe Organ Handbook (Hans Klotz)