Article: Bridging the church music gap: there's a rich middle ground between organ lofts and praise bands.(MUSIC)

At a seminar last year, composer and liturgist Marty Haugen led clergy and church musicians in portions of a new Lenten liturgy he composed with Susan Briehl. He noted dryly that after years of hearing from people who use his Holden Evening Prayer for midweek Lenten services, he thought it time to compose an actual Lenten piece, one that drew from the appropriate texts and themes. Guilty as charged, I glanced at my pastor; others shifted uneasily in their chairs.

That Haugen's Evening Prayer (GIA Publications) should be a popular choice for Lent--the season during which many congregations hold their only regular evening services--is logical. It's a lovely ...

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