Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Corporate Worship Gets Personal
Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Mark Evans [+]
Macquarie University
Mark Evans is Head of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University and is co-editor of Perfect Beat - The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture. He has published articles on a range of topics, including: the use of sound in the 'Matrix' films; copyright; CD-Rom; Christian music; rock journalism; and country music in Australia. He is also a pianist and has recorded and performed in various contemporary styles.He is the author of Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church (2006) and editor of the Encyclopedia of Film Music and Sound (Equinox, forthcoming).
Description
While one aim of theomusicology is to objectively observe the nuances of various religious music, there comes a point where a degree of subjective analysis is almost unavoidable, particularly when the researcher is involved in the scene. ‘Corporate worship gets personal’ denitely hints at the types of congregational song to be scrutinised below, but it also acknowledges a more subjective, personal tone that necessarily runs through the chapter.