Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

HOWARD LAKE, Minn — At St. John's Lutheran Church in Howard Lake, the 55-year-old organ led the parish in times of joy and hardship. Now it's the parishioners' turn to take care of it. “To build this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CANTON − The "Father of Church Music" in Stark County is being feted for nearly 80 years of ministry. Friends and admirers of W.

As the French prisoners of war gathered for Mass in the small German town of Biblis, a local musician gave them a gift that could have cost him everything. Hugo Valentin Laubner played traditional ...

South Highland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham restored its historic pipe organ and held a dedication concert Sunday featuring classical music including Bach and traditional hymns. Organist Jim ...

For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...

Music and singing have long been a big part of worship at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wood Lake. But once a ...

Stephen Jones currently works as a professor in the School of Music at BYU. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music composition from BYU and a master's and doctorate in music composition from ...

How many kinds of music are there? Most teenagers could come up with four or five. An aficionado might list dozens. But ask a church worship committee and you may hear that there are only two types, ...

The invitation to write an article about church music brings to mind several questions with which I have been wrestling for a long time, in my earlier days as a practitioner and more recently as a ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.