Rob Glover
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Rob Glover lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with his marriage partner, Mary, and their six children who help him with recording, church liturgies, concerts, and sing-alongs. Rob is director of liturgical music with the Church of St. Therese-Deephaven, where he coordinates the music ministry of four singing Sunday assemblies, four adult vocal groups, a youth choir, three children's choirs, cantors, and instrumentalists. As a pastoral musician for over twenty-six years, Rob offers his musical gifts as cantor, conductor, pianist, organist, and guitarist.
Rob holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota in Church Music with emphasis in choral conducting, organ, and voice performance. He is a regular columnist for Modern Liturgy magazine, and serves on the faculty of various NPM Schools and institutes for choirs and ensembles. He is a recording artist with David Haas, Marty Haugen, and Michael Joncas and published by GIA Publications and Choristers Guild. In 1996, GIA released a recording of his compositions and arrangements entitled 'Round the Table.
Workshops
Hymn Festivals or Concerts
A festival or concert can be modeled after the hymn festivals of Paul Manz or John Ferguson or the concerts of David Haas, which have become popular over the years. The festival has the assembly singing a variety of standard hymns and new music for the liturgy with organ, piano, guitar, or percussion. These festivals of song will strengthen and renew the voices of your parish to sing to God in their Sunday gatherings. The festival is best prepared by the parish in consultation with Rob. Parish choirs can also be involved with the festival presentation.
Leaders of the Assembly's Sung Prayer
Who leads the congregation? How can they sing stronger? The basics for good leadership for all music ministers are explored including tempo, phrasing, dynamics, and introductions. Various musical forms are demonstrated for cantor, presider, organist, pianist, and guitarist. Improvisation and variations on written accompaniments are also shown.
Cantors and the Word
How can our cantors be more than songleaders? Presented will be skills on how to recruit, train, and nurture cantors to sing the Word of God at liturgy. Repertoire and resources will be explored, as well as practical tips for preparing the ministry of cantor for any parish-large or small. Repertoire will also be presented.
The Wedding Liturgy:
The Singing Wedding Assembly-Fact or Fiction?
This practical workshop will get the people gathered for weddings to sing! The role of the cantor and organist/pianist are modeled as participants sing through hymns, psalms, acclamations, and new music for the marriage rite that will draw your assembly into full participation in the wedding liturgy. Wedding music sessions for the engaged are explained and new music for organ and instruments will also be included in this presentation.
Children at Worship
Develop ideas and methods for training and recruiting your children to lead the Sunday assembly as cantors, choir members, and organists. Attention is given to the child's singing voice-its range, care and suitability. Review the Directory of Masses for Children and rules for liturgy with children. This session is ideal for school and religious education teachers.
Other workshops include:
Piano and Synthesizer in Liturgy
The Face of Christ: Theology of celebration and the gathered assembly
Intergenerational Choirs
Choral Reading Sessions
Reading Sessions
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