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Your
source for New Traditions in Church Music
We invite you to explore our publications,
recordings and opportunities for commissions, hymn festivals and choir
workshops, as detailed on this website. We are here to serve church
musicians, choirs, congregations, organists, and all who love the
music of worship. Please contact
us.Honorary Fellowship award from the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) to be conferred on Richard Webster in May, 2011
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) has announced its 2011 honorary awards. Richard Webster will receive the Fellowship award (FRSCM) at a ceremony in England's Peterborough Cathedral on May 14, 2011. Fellowships are awarded for achievements of international significance, or exceptional work for the RSCM. From an official RSCM press release:
"Richard Webster is a musician of the highest calibre. He approaches his work with choirs with a freshness and energy that is inspiring for all who work with him. He has directed numerous courses for the RSCM in the USA and has also been involved in RSCM courses in South Africa. He is Organist and Choirmaster Emeritus of St. Luke's Church, Evanston, IL, is the founding Director of Chicago's Bach Week Festival, and in June was named Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston."
Other FRSCM recipients for 2011 are the Revd Dr. Carl Daw, hymn-writer and former Director of the Hymn Society; the Rt Revd Timothy Dudley-Smith, hymn-writer and former bishop of Thetford, England; Terence Duffy, former Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; Dr. Donald Hunt, OBE, former Organist of Worcester Cathedral; and Peter Wright, Organist of London's Southwark Cathedral.
Richard is among only 15 Americans to receive the FRSCM since the awards began in 1936. Other English and American recipients include Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, Leo Sowerby, Gerre Hancock and Bruce Neswick.
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Welcome to Advent Press, a
publisher of sacred music. Why �New Traditions in Church Music�?
Christianity is heir to a glorious musical legacy. Some of the
greatest works of all time -- simple and elaborate -- were
composed in praise of God. To be faithful stewards of this inheritance
is only a beginning. Church music also must speak in new and fresh
ways in our own day to those who seek God. Advent Press offers music
that is grounded in tradition, even as it seeks to renew and enliven
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The music of Advent Press is
practical music. Anthems in our catalog represent a variety of styles
and levels of difficulty for all kinds of choirs. The hymn settings
with brass, timpani and organ inspire congregations to new heights of
singing. The settings of the Eucharist are in demand across the
country and have been well received by congregations in churches large
and small. The new hymn tunes present familiar words in a fresh way. |
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Richard Webster |
| Richard Webster is a composer, church musician,
choral conductor and organist of wide renown. He is in frequent demand
for newly commissioned anthems, organ works, hymn tunes and liturgical
music, and travels extensively to direct hymn festivals, choral
workshops and perform organ recitals. His hymn arrangements for brass,
percussion, organ and congregation are performed in churches and
concert halls throughout the English-speaking world. |
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