Professional Development

Professional Development

Articles About Healthy Relationships
Between Church & Synagogue Musicians
and the Communities They Serve

In Adobe PDF Format

  1. Religious Affiliations of AGO Members by Denomination

  2. Dereliction of Duty or Inarticulated Beliefs?

  3. Searching for the Elusive Organist (A Personal Perspective)

  4. The Shortage of Organists in America:
    An Official Position Statement by the American Guild of Organists

  5. How to Find An Organist:
    A Check List for Churches and Synagogues

  6. Points of Consideration for Churches and Church Musicians/Get It In Writing:
    The Case for Contracts

  7. Playing “For the Glory of God Alone”?

  8. Part-Time/Volunteer/Amateur Church Musicians

  9. Our Own Worst Enemies

  10. Personal Development and the Church Musician

  11. What Makes a Career?

  12. Musician-Clergy Teamwork The Critical Partnership

  13. Why I Need Our Church Musician

  14. Resolving Dissonances A Creative Approach to Staff Harmony

  15. Dear Uncle Max:
    Personality-Management Skills

  16. AGO Leadership Bulletin:
    Take Good Care/Practical Hints for Successful Professional Relationships

  17. Musicians’ Health Resources

  18. Annual Reviews

  19. A Lifetime of Education Through Guild Certification

  20. Professional Concerns Forum:
    It’s Not Fair! ... You’ve Been Fired!

  21. New Grievance Procedures and Codes of Ethics and Professional Standards

  22. A Position Statement from the American Guild of Organists on the Use of Prerecorded Music for Worship

  23. Committee On Career Development & Support Organist Emeritus/Emerita Designation