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Christianity Today article features Dr. Randall Bradley & Baylor Men's Choir
September 19, 2023
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'Music experts say we don't need more "manly songs," but we do need to help lower voices find their place' writes Kelsey Kramer McGinnis of Christianity Today

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Announcing the Fall 2023 Hearn Innovator: Elias Dummer
September 11, 2023
Elias

The Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies (CCMS) in the Baylor School of Music is set to host Elias Dummer, recording artist and worship leader, for its fall 2023 Hearn Innovator Series. Elias’s public presentation will be held Monday, September 25, at 6 p.m., in Recital Hall II of Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

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Baylor Announces Stephen Newby, D.M.A., as Inaugural Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship
July 20, 2023
Photo of Dr. Stephen Newby, who will hold The Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship at Baylor University

WACO, Texas (July 20, 2023) – Baylor University announced today the appointment of Stephen Newby, D.M.A., as the inaugural holder of The Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship. Newby brings a background in music, scholarship and ministry to the new position, which provides interdisciplinary leadership, research and scholarship efforts associated with the growth of Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Program.

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Spring 2023 Northcutt Lecture Series with James Abbington
April 4, 2023
James Abbington

The Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies (CCMS) in the Baylor School of Music will host James Abbington, D.M.A., associate professor of church music and worship at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, for its spring 2023 Northcutt Lecture Series. 

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Baylor to Celebrate Naming of Center for Christian Music Studies
February 16, 2023
Harold Dunn

On Thursday, February 23rd at 3PM the Baylor School of Music will celebrate the life and legacy of alumni Harold Dunn. Mr. Dunn's bequest to Baylor University will be celebrated with the naming of the Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies in Baylor's School of Music. This event will take place in Powell Chapel, George Truett Theological Seminary. 

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Sacred Harp Sing Returns to Baylor University Joining Voices in Four-Part Harmony
February 7, 2023
Sacred Harp

The Baylor Center for Christian Music Studies in the School of Music hosts its annual Sacred Harp Sing after two-year hiatus.

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Choir director shines African spirit, joy on Waco
February 3, 2023
Angaza

Derick Etale, a second year graduate student in church music, serves as director and choreographer for the Angaza choir, Texas' very first African community choir. Not only is the choir different in their looks and sounds, but also in their learning methods, according to Etale, who was born and raised in Rwanda.

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Grant Awarded for Contemporary Worship Training
December 5, 2022
Worship Lab Discussion

Dr. Shannan Baker has been awarded the Vital Worship Teacher-Scholar grant from the Calvin Institue for Christian Worship. The Calvin Institue for Christian Worship's Vital Worship grant program has helped enrich the worship of various communities for many years and is currently in its fifth year of awarding grants specifically to teacher-scholars who connect worship with other disciplines.

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Creating the Next Generation of Church Leaders
December 1, 2022
Worship Initiatives

In 2018, the Center for Christian Music Studies was invited to join a research initiative, funded by a Lilly Grant, to examine the religious lives of youth across the United States. The church music program designed a grant project surrounding Worship Lab, the annual training camp

 

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Building International Partnerships - Africa
September 29, 2022
Nigeria Partnership Trip

In September (13th – 21st) 2022, the Drs. Bradley, Ingalls, Monteiro, Laube and Baker traveled to Nigeria. The group first stayed overnight in Lagos at a Baptist Guest House operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention and enjoyed getting to know

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Creating International Partnerships in Music and Ministry
March 30, 2022
Brazil Connections Trip

In Spring of 2022, Drs. Bradley, Ingalls, and Monteiro traveled to Recife, Brazil, with the purpose of exploring possible partnerships in teaching and research with both the North Brazil Baptist Theological Seminary (STBNB) and the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE).

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