| COURSE NUMBER: |
MUSI 395 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Leadership In Praise and Worship Music |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Matt Day |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3 (hrs lect 1 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 3) |
| CALENDAR
DESCRIPTION: |
This
is a tutorial course that will prepare
students for musical leadership in a Contemporary Praise and Worship
setting.
Students will meet with the instructor for 1 hour per week to develop
the
required skills, and the will spend 3 hours per week practicing and
demonstrating these skills in chapel settings and/or potential
cooperative
intern positions in local assemblies.
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| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
- The Art of Worship –
(Greg Scheer) - required
- The Complete Worship Leader -
(Kevin J. Navarro) – required
- The Worship Source Book
– Calvin (resource only)
- Sing! A new
Creation. (resource
available through the college worship dept)
- Song Select access (online
resource available for students through the worship dept)
- The
Worship Leader’s Hand Book (Kraeuter) (resouce)
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| MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
|
| Reading quizzes |
10% |
| Written Assignments |
20% |
| Service Plans |
15% |
| Class Participation |
5% |
| Chapel practicum (or intern program) |
30% |
| Final Exam |
20% |
| |
|
|
100% |
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| COURSE
OBJECTIVES: |
- To provide training in
the area of leadership development as it pertains to the worship
leader's role
within the ensemble setting.
- To consider the
importance of the role of worship leader as it relates to a
contemporary
service setting.
- To develop an
understanding of the value of personal self-leadership for the purpose
of
living a life as an example of personal integrity in this very public
role of
worship leader.
- To understand the
dynamics of the worship service and how to plan accordingly as to
create an
environment of praise and worship that invites the worshiper to explore
God in
deeper and newer ways.
- To develop
the skills to lead a band through effective rehearsals, deal with
conflict issues and cast a vision for why the ensemble exists.
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| COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Personal Philosophy of Worship Leadership
- Worship Team Development
- Strategy and Leadership Issues
- Service Planning
- Related Theory
- Secondary Instrument Functionality
- Public Presentation Skills
- Technologies
- Primary Instrument Proficiency (on going)
- Practical Application (on going)
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