Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-08-30 21:47
Hi Allen --
Been where you are -- for many years -- as a music minister.
I believe you are on the right track as to the use of instrumental soloists in the context of a worship service. But I'd also like to suggest something else that might allow you to more fully integrate instruments of whatever sort into the service proper, and that is, to begin to create a little "orchestra" (loosely defined) to accompany hymns and such.
Numerous publishers -- both "evangelical" and "mainline" -- now publish accessible, fully-arranged instrumental versions of their hymnals. The praise & worship folks were the first to do this, but now even the Lutherans are doing it. My last contact with this as a professional was something like eight years ago, but at that time, there were instrumental versions of "The Celebration Hymnal" and "Songs for Praise and Worship" (from Word Publishing) readily available in looseleaf binder format. They were invaluable to me, and enabled me to encourage all manner of wind players to participate in worship NOT just as occasional soloists, but as integral members of the worship team.
You might also check out what the music ministry folks at Saddleback (in Orange County, CA) are doing.
Even though you don't have an ensemble now, you might be surprised at what comes out of the woodwork when you start (small) doing something like this.
Susan
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