APRIL 2020
of suppressed public masses. It’s far from perfect, but our willingness to try has gone a long way.
I hope that some of our efforts will carry over into our “normal” work of proclaiming the gospel, teaching and inviting—whenever that time comes. Perhaps that will be one of the “silver linings” of this crisis. A more robust presence in the virtual world will help us take the gospel into the latest periphery— the digital world where people seek connections but rarely find anything lasting or meaningful.
DR. JENNIFER KERR BUDZIAK
Chicago, Illinois Editor for GIA and NPM Choral conductor and adjunct professor
As I started typing this, a calendar reminder popped up on my screen: Missa Gaia Dress Rehearsal— full university choirs and dance department, 3-6pm. Tis evening, another one will pop up announcing that the concert performance of this lovely piece, composed to honor and pray for our imperiled planet, is set to start at 7:30pm.
I am not at that dress rehearsal, nor will I or any of my students be performing tonight. Instead, the choral faculty is giving ourselves a crash course in how to form a “virtual choir,” in the hopes of giving our students some experience of this lovely piece of music we’d worked on for so many weeks but now cannot perform. For the other college I teach at, I am desperately trying to craft a syllabus and course materials for—of all things—an advanced choral conducting class that will be taught remotely. I’m trying to re-imagine a way to teach an art that hinges on the way human gesture and human sound meet in a room together, when we cannot be in a room together.
I am learning Zoom, and Blackboard, and how to run discussion forums, and how to record a video- lecture with PowerPoint. I am trying to listen to my students and be there for them, balancing the course material—which I owe it to them to convey well and clearly—with a concern for their spirits and what they
LIGHT OF COVID-19 One of the advantages of an association like NPM is that members can draw on the resources of one another in time of need.
With the generosity of members, and the dedicated publishers who help support us, we’ve assembled resources to help you, your choir and your parish community continue to pray and sing in this time of enforced social distance.
At
npm.org, look to the revolving banner for Resources in Light of COVID-19:
• Live-streaming and Other Technology Resources, featuring an exclusive tutorial with composer Craig Colson and audio engineer Mark Matson to get you virtually up and running
• Prayer Resources, including links to live-stream missions, services, and concerts from artists like John Angotti, Pedro Rubalcava, Steve Angrisano, Ivan Diaz and Sarah Hart
• Resources from the Directors of Music Ministries Division (DMMD), including practical advice for connecting via Zoom, Google Hangouts and Facebook Live.
• One Call Institute Resource Hub for youth and youth advocates in music ministry
We’ll continue to update these resources and respond to your needs in this time of crisis. And whether churches are full or empty, we will honor the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Soon we will be reunited with our communities in worship and will burst forth in the song of our unsung Alleluias. Be safe and well, and pray for the healing of all who are sick, and the well-being of all whose lives are impacted by COVID-19.
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