COURSE DESCRIPTION
THIS STUDY WILL LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER, PAUL
GERHARDT, AND JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH TO THE HYMNOLOGICAL, MUSICAL, AND
THEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH. AS TOWERING PILLARS OF
CONFESSIONAL LUTHERANISM, WHAT DOES EACH MAN BRING TO THIS GLORIOUS
HERITAGE THAT SO IDENTIFIES US? AND HOW CAN WE AS PASTORS AND CHURCH
MUSICIANS STILL MAKE FAITHFUL USE OF THEIR GOOD GIFTS IN THE LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF TODAY?
KANTOR RICHARD RESCH
Kantor Resch grew up in Rochester, New York, where he studied organ at
the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department while in high
school. During that time he also served as organist and choir director
for two choirs at his LCMS parish. His undergraduate college studies
include study at Concordia College, River Forest, and Valparaiso
University. During this time he studied with Paul Bunjes, Charles Ore,
Herbert Gotsch, Philip Gehring, Theodore Hoelty-Nickel, L. L. Fleming,
and Richard Wienhorst. In 1970, he graduated from Valparaiso
University with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance and Church
Music.
He then entered graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music where
he studied with Russell Saunders and David Craighead and was graduate
assistant to M. Alfred Bichsel. In 1972, he received the Master of
Music degree in Organ Performance from Eastman. During this time he
was organist and choir director at Faith Lutheran Church, Penfield,
New York.
In 1977, he became the Director of Chapel Music at Concordia
Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), Indiana, and began
theological studies. In 1978, he formed the Kantorei, a select choir
of seminary students who traveled twice annually to bring the Seminary
and its music to the Church. He received the Master of Divinity degree
in 1988 and was ordained and called to CTSFW and St. Paul’s LUTHERAN
CHURCH, Fort Wayne, in the Office of Kantor. At
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church he produced four CDs with his wife,
Barbara, featuring children singing hymns. He taught liturgics and
homiletics at CTSFW.
In 2000, Resch launched the Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral
Theology and Sacred Music together with co-director, the Rev. Dr.
Arthur A. Just. During his years at CTSFW and with the Institute,
Resch produced seven Kantorei CDs, one CD for the Good Shepherd
Institute, and the DVD, Singing the Faith: Living the Lutheran Musical
Heritage.
He retired from CTSFW in July 2014 and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota,
where he serves in various preaching, teaching, and vacancy
capacities.
READING LIST:
Leaver, Robin A. _Luther’s Liturgical Music_. Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 2017. pp. 21-103.
Stiller, Günther: _Johann Sebastian Bach and Liturgical Life in
Leipzig_. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1984. pp. 200-256.
Krispin, Gerald. “Paul GERHARDT’s Confession of Christ in Song”
_Lutheran Theological Review_ Vol. 20 pp. 67-112, 2007–2008.
For additional readings, please click here.
[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T9MyaQfu6UETOWbq203HC5wv1VPxz1Cs?usp=sharing]
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For a more information, please visit the following link.
https://www.ctsfw.edu/ctsfw-events/continuing-education/plano-texas/
[https://www.ctsfw.edu/ctsfw-events/continuing-education/plano-texas/]
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